Melissa Lozada-Oliva’s Remembers the Beauty of the World Through Poetry
At the Creative Independent, Melissa Lozada-Oliva discusses her new novel in verse, Dreaming of You, and the role poetry plays in keeping us attuned to the...
The New Abortion Vigilantism
Recently the US Supreme Court temporarily let stand Texas’s antiabortion law, SB 8, which rewards any person a minimum of $10,000 for suing abortion providers or...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 23, 2021
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $1.99 Writers & Lovers by Lily King Get This Deal $2.99 Fun Home by Alison...
9 Diverse Novels Starring Bisexual+ Main Characters
Within the confines of a few hundred pages, it can be difficult for a character to be read as bisexual unless explicitly mentioned. Too often, if...
How Do We Make a Life With Art at the Center?
In Shruti Swamy’s lyrical debut novel, The Archer—a coming of age narrative set in 1960s and 1970s Bombay—Vidya’s formative years are upended when her mother disappears....
Central York School District (Finally) Overturns Ban On Antiracist Books
On September 9, we wrote about the student protests happening in Central York after a document meant as a teaching resource — one that included Sesame Street...
How Are Romance Novel Covers Made?
I know romance covers sometimes feel like a punchline to the rest of the world, but I love them and a lot goes into designing and...
10 Authors Like Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson is having a moment. Between the 2015 release of Let Me Tell You, which consists of many never-before-published stories and essays compiled and edited...
Plan a Fall Day and We’ll Give You a Book to Preorder
Gosh, I love fall. From the book stacks to the hypnotizing smells of apple and cinnamon drifting on the air, to the crunch of leaves under...
The Pied Piper of Hamelin: Terrifying, Mysterious, and Still Relevant
I first encountered the story “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” when I was five, watching a marathon of Saturday morning cartoons. The Silly Symphonies Disney short...
