Books, Arts, and Culture

The Rainbow Round Table is part of the American Library Association. It started in 1970, and every year, it awards both the Stonewall Awards and the...

On the flap of Wayne Koestenbaum’s 1993 book The Queen’s Throat, Koestenbaum promotes the idea of an obvious connection. “Until now, silence has surrounded the long-observed...

I can’t remember the first time I went online, but I can remember the first time something happened online. It was during the summer holidays, and...

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for new books! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to your TBR. This is...

I don’t know about you, but my kid loves mail and packages. I mean, honestly, who doesn’t? There are so many documented benefits of reading to...

A long-running joke for comic book fans is that Batman’s superpower is his vast fortune. In recent years, with more and more billionaires flaunting and abusing...

Every reader knows that nothing elevates a reading experience like having the perfect snacks and beverages on hand. Whether your version of that looks like coffee,...

If you’ve seen any crime show, you’ll know immediately how many different kinds of evidence and paperwork is involved: interviews, recordings, photographs, physical objects, witness statements,...

I suspect my obsession with reading challenges started with another obsession: organization. In August of 2014, I began tracking my reading in a cherished spreadsheet. Looking...

A few months back, I was browsing the shelves of my favorite used bookstore. Bookshops like these have become a precious rarity in the digital age...