THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON Is About Questioning the Status Quo
Content Note: discussion of book spoilers, as well as abduction and abuse in fiction. In fantasies with great worldbuilding, lore is the tip of the iceberg,...
Fall Bookmarks For Reading Season
It’s cliche at this point to call fall reading season, but there’s a reason cliches resonate: they have some bit of the truth to them. This...
How Is Contemporary Fiction Humanizing Mothers By Depicting The Universally Unacknowledged Perils Of Motherhood?
“When I was younger, thinking about whether I wanted children, I always came back to this formula: if no one had told me anything about the...
Studio Ghibli’s Other Director: A Read-Alike Guide to the Films of Isao Takahata
For most people in the west, Studio Ghibli is probably pretty much interchangeable with Hayao Miyazaki, its most prolific and well-known director. But while Miyazaki’s brilliance...
Who is The Thing? A History of One of Marvel’s Oldest Heroes
One of the very first superhero movies I ever watched was the 2005 Fantastic Four. I’ve become a huge Marvel fan since then, but Mr. Fantastic,...
A History of THE JOY OF COOKING
Chances are, whether or not you’d call yourself a cook, a copy of The Joy of Cooking has been in your hands. It might be sitting...
Scary Poems to Read in the Dark
Welcome, my ghosts and ghouls. Gather around the fire, close now; it keeps the chill of the night away. You came to this post because you...
Best Books About First Contact With Aliens
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, the new epic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eragon, Christopher Paolini is now available in...
14 Novels Written by Mexican Authors to Add to Your Must-Read List: The List List #471
A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick. FORECAST: Storm clouds are on the horizon in L.A. Weather, a fun, fast-paced novel of a Mexican-American family...
The Millions Top Ten: September 2021
We spend plenty of time here on The Millions telling all of you what we’ve been reading, but we are also quite interested in hearing about...
