Books, Arts, and Culture

Claudia Dreifus: I heard that you grew up in a political family. True? Naomi Oreskes: I did. And for a long time, I didn’t want to...

When we are kids, every adult is a mythical beast. Whether it’s Uncle Larry Fartpits bursting into trollish spurts of unearthly armpit noises, or Haddy the...

The Blunt Instrument is an advice column for writers, written by Elisa Gabbert (specializing in nonfiction), John Cotter (specializing in fiction), and Ruoxi Chen (specializing in publishing)....

So, uh…what in the world is up with the recent trend of YA covers featuring someone—usually a girl—with no, well, features? WHY DON’T THESE GIRLS HAVE...

Particularly after the announcement of Dark Horse’s Neil Gaiman Library Collection (the first volume is out May 2020), I found myself drawn to the section of...

Halloween is around the corner, and that means anyone planning to participate should be picking out their costumes right about now. Though there are plenty of...

As we creep closer and closer to the best day of the year, Halloween, I decided it would be appropriate to consider the darker side of...

Who doesn’t love dinosaurs? There’s a reason why these scaly creatures feature so prominently in kids’ books, and that reason is, quite simply, that dinosaurs are...

I’m spending several months traveling around the United States this year, and one of the best things about it is the chance to visit independent bookstores....