‘Was Emancipation Constitutional?’: An Exchange
To the Editors: James Oakes’s review of my book The Broken Constitution [NYR, May 12] is a case study in whitewashing the central role of race...
Love Is Not a Permanent Structure
The following story was chosen by Min Jin Lee as the winner of the 2022 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize. The prize is awarded annually...
8 Queer Novels That’ll Keep You Up at Night
In thrillers of the past, if queer characters were mentioned at all, they were usually delegated to victims or villains. But in the last few years,...
Book Riot’s Mystery Deals for June 6, 2022
Today’s edition of Mystery Daily Deals is sponsored by $3.99 Murder Above the Silver Waves by Blythe Baker Get This Deal $2.99 When No One Is...
Conservative Group Launches “Hide the Pride” to Remove Books From Library Pride Displays
CatholicVote, which calls itself “America’s top Catholic advocacy organization,” has launched a “parent-led movement” called Hide the Pride to “empty libraries of LGBTQ content aimed at...
Book Riot’s SFF Deals for June 6, 2022
Today’s edition of SFF Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $2.99 My Real Children by Jo Walton Get This Deal $3.99 Gallant by V....
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day: June 6, 2022
The best book deals of the day, sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $2.99 When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole Get This Deal $1.99 Hyperion...
Memories of the Metaverse
“Yes, you can fly,” said one of the moderators. “We’ll be doing that in a minute.” There was scattered laughter in the theater of the Harvard...
The William Trevor Reader: “Office Romances”
For this week’s installment, I want to talk about alcohol—its role in Trevor’s fiction and fiction in general. Without bothering to thumb back through The Collected to check,...
LGBTQ YA eBooks On Sale for $2-3 for Pride!
Right now, more than 20 popular LGBTQ YA ebooks are on sale for under $5 on Amazon! Presumably this is a Pride promotion, but there’s no...
