Books, Arts, and Culture

Queer fiction is experiencing a renaissance, with titles abounding across genres: literary, speculative, graphic, romance, YA. There are even a host of children’s books dedicated to...

When David Mura’s parents were eleven and fifteen, they were forced, along with their families, to board trains from the West Coast to remote camps in...

Of the many Nobel Prize in Literature winners from the past two or so decades, who should you read — and where do you begin? Award-winners...

I have always found the blank page of a notebook so very daunting. Everyone always talks about the virtues of keeping a journal, but I sit...

Have you ever noticed how much we love survival games? In TV, movies, and books, survival games show up everywhere. Squid Game, a money-for-survival show about...

I love beginnings, especially opening poems. From their images to mood to content, opening poems often help me decide if I want to read a book...

Did you read a celebrity memoir last year? Despite flagging sales of tell-all — or even tell-some — books by celebrities, there were still so many...