Books, Arts, and Culture

I grew up in San Antonio, a place forever stuck in 1999, where nu metal still thrives to this day. When I left for college in...

I don’t know if we deserve Rebecca Makkai, but we certainly need her. The author of four novels and a short story collection, she’s been bringing...

I think most of us are vaguely familiar with the bestselling fantasy books of all time. After all, to be bestsellers they have to be pretty...

When I first heard the news about the Kindle Scribe, I was pretty curious. New gadgets, especially if they’re book-related, always catch my eye. When you...

I’ve written before about how I’m exploring and learning more about topics because of homeschooling, and though this isn’t really something my son is doing yet,...

This post contains spoilers for The Giver, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Life of Pi, and The Turn of the Screw. Content warning for mention of cannibalism. Like...

If I had a penny for every time I saw a headline and my brain’s first thought was “I want to read the romcom version of...

Dungeons & Dragons players are notorious for stockpiling character ideas that they’ll — probably — never get to play. But what happens when your character creation...

Sometimes you believe you know a piece of media from beginning to end. You know it better than you know yourself. You’ve experienced this piece so...