Books, Arts, and Culture

Transcendent Kingdom is one of those rare books that is about so much, and yet fits together flawlessly. Yaa Gyasi tackles science, faith, work, addiction, grief,...

I’m a bit of a seasonal horror reader. I tend to crave dark and spooky reads the most around fall as the weather starts to cool...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Margaret K. McElderry Books, the first eponymous children’s imprint. This would be a milestone by any conceivable measure, but...

Before we get into this list of comics for goths and wannabe goths, I have a confession to make. I’m not a real goth. I’m a...

It feels like we’re at the height of adaptations and retellings of our favorite stories on the screen. And I know some people don’t like to...

Social-Emotional Learning is a huge buzzword in education and parenting. As a teacher, librarian, and parent to neurodiverse children, I come across the term endlessly. Committee...

When a murderous curse is revealed, Evangeline Fox and Jacks will have to do battle with old friends, new foes, and a magic that plays with...

With his debut novel The Autodidacts, Thomas Kendall has produced a truly rare work. His words seem to unspool in patterns that from one angle come...