Complicating Consent: The Millions Interviews Katherine Angel
When I read Katherine Angel‘s first book, Unmastered, I badly craved the experience she described: A feminist enamored with a dominant man, analyzing the power dynamic...
Who Can Get Your Book Grades Accessibility in the Age of Exclusives, Restrictive Licensing
In an era when book accessibility seems to be greater than ever, is that perception or reality? This is the question at the heart of Fight...
The Arab Spring at Ten
Ten years ago, crowds took to the streets in countries across North Africa and the Middle East, changing the course of history forever. They wanted to...
An Argentinian Underworld Haunted by the Ghosts of the Disappeared
In Daniel Loedel’s haunting debut novel Hades, Argentina, Tomás Orilla returns to Buenos Aires—“a city made for forgetting as much for nostalgia”—ten years after fleeing the...
Please Just Let Women Be Villains
When the trailer for Cruella dropped, Twitter greeted it with jeers. People mocked it for being too much like The Joker; too much like Disney’s earlier...
What We Need Right Now Is the Gentle Novel
For those of us who are both responsible and fortunate enough to protect public health by staying home, the past year has raised questions about what...
There’s Math in That Mystery! But First, Dessert.
This post was originally published in our mystery/thriller newsletter, Unusual Suspects. Sign up for it here to get mystery news, reviews, deals, and more! Hello mystery fans! Two...
That Time Batman Stopped All Crime Forever
Note: this article contains some outdated and potentially offensive language to describe people experiencing or who have formerly experienced incarceration. It’s fun watching superheroes put the...
6 Books To Help You Understand Your South Asian Heritage
South Asian Literature is often treated as an appendage of post-colonial politics or a potent tool of decolonization. While these facts are definitely true, this branch...
Rachel Hollis Is a Convenient Scapegoat
“Lifestyle Expert” Rachel Hollis is one of the internet’s favorite punching bags. She broke onto the scene with her New York Times bestseller Girl, Wash Your...
