Coltrane’s New ‘Love Supreme’
At a press conference in Tokyo in July 1966, a Japanese jazz critic asked John Coltrane what he would like to be in ten years. “I...
The Saga of Britney Spears Eerily Retells Verdi’s Classic Opera, “La Traviata”
The 1999 Video Music Awards were operatic by design: In honor of the burgeoning new millennium, MTV rented out the grandest of all possible venues, the...
Why Are Americans So Lonely?
Well before the plague of 2020 and what would turn into the loneliest years ever in America and elsewhere, Kristen Radtke began working on her graphic...
How To Fight Book Bans and Challenges: An Anti-Censorship Tool Kit
Book challenges aren’t new, and neither is the “celebration” of banned books which occurs for a week at the end of September each year. The annual...
The Best Comics We Read July-September 2021
We asked our contributors to share the best comic book, graphic novel, or webcomic they read from July through September, and can we just say: your...
Riot Roundup: The Best Books We Read July–September 2021
We brought back our quarterly roundup and asked our contributors to share the best book they read from July through September. Rioters delivered an impressive collection...
Quiz: Which Famous Fictional Monster Are You?
Why, hello there, creatures of the night, monster movie fans, and horror buffs, alike! It’s seems you’ve stumbled across my little science experiment. Horrifying as it...
I Can’t Believe No One’s Dunit: A Cozy Mystery Setting Wishlist
Setting is everything when it comes to a cozy mystery. As readers, we come for the whodunit — but we stay for the protagonist’s interesting profession...
What Are The Library Freedom Project and Abolitionist Library Association?
“The FBI has not been here,” reads the library sign. Underneath lie the bracketed words: “(watch very closely for the removal of this sign).” The last...
20 Awesome Audiobooks for Kids (And the Adults Who Need Them Productively Occupied)
Dear exhausted caregiver, have you tried audiobooks for kids? Furthermore, have you tried any audiobooks for kids lately? Even if you’re not exhausted (and who among...
