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There’s No Home but There Is a Family
“The Overcoat” by Gina Berriault The overcoat was black and hung down to his ankles, the sleeves came down to his fingertips, and the weight of...
9 Books About the Beauty and Complexities of Chosen Families
Iconic drag queen RuPaul was the first person to introduce me to the concept of chosen family. I was 18 and in love with the captain...
Both Sides Now
When Shirley Gorelick was in high school in the late 1930s, she took art classes on weekends and in the summers from the sculptor Chaim Gross...
8 Clever Ways to Tackle Your TBR
I do not keep a TBR nor do I have any method of determining which book to read next. I mostly keep my “to read” on...
10 Adult Books with Animal Narrators
As a dog owner and all around animal lover, I’ve always wondered what my dog or the animals around us had to say. Would they have...
Quiz: Get a Rec for an Under-the-Radar Novel by a Popular Author
You know how a lot of authors have the book they’re known for? For example, Toni Morrison is most well-known for Beloved and Amy Tan for...
What Is Publishing Doing to Combat Censorship?
Censorship is not a new problem, nor is it as unnuanced as banning a book from a school library. In fact, it is such a ubiquitous...
8 Mysteries And Thrillers About Dysfunctional Families
Literature centered around dysfunctional families has always intrigued its readership. Those who grew up in less than ideal households have found solidarity and comfort in knowing...
A World of Fear: On Geraldine Brooks’s ‘Horse’
The possessive is potent in Geraldine Brooks’s latest novel Horse, a painful study of America’s history set in the world of thoroughbred racing. Horse braids together several storylines over centuries,...
