Books, Arts, and Culture

Keiron Pim’s absorbing biography of one of the twentieth century’s most powerful and disquieting writers begins with a description of Joseph Roth’s birthplace, a small town...

Around ten years ago, the British writer Andrew Miller found himself in something of a crisis. Until then, his career had been a pretty gilded one....

On April 9 of this year, The New York Times featured an obituary for Arthur D. Riggs, a scientist likely unknown to most readers. Riggs’s career...

Ling Ma is one of my favorite writers. Her work is exuberantly uncanny, funny, and full of unexpected emotion. In the middle of amusement or joy...

For me, summer is a complicated season. As a perpetual student, summers have always been a release from the confines of a busy semester. In the...

Sci-fi can be intimidating. Let’s not pretend it isn’t. There’s a whole set of rules to the genre and a new vocabulary to keep up with....

Speaking of ways, pet, there is such a thing as a tesseract.  I had eye surgery at the very end of third grade. I knew that...

I absolutely love diving into books that are steeped in mythology or folklore. It’s such a great way to learn about different cultures, be it through...

With September comes National Hispanic Heritage Month, which lasts from September 15 to October 15 every year. This celebration aims to commemorate American citizens whose ancestors...

As book lovers, we know that the best TV series and movies are inspired by books. Whether it’s based on a novel or nonfiction, bookish adaptations...