How White Writers Profit from Mexican Pain
I made $1800 for my first book. After researching, writing, fact checking, editing, securing blurbs and endorsements, that comes out to under a dollar per hour....
The Day My Students Grew Wings
The following story was selected by National Book Award winner Susan Choi as the winner of The Academy for Teachers “Stories Out of School” 2019 flash...
Who Is Stargirl In The DC Universe?
The CW’s crossover event, “Crisis on Infinite Earths,” gave us our first look at their newest superhero, Stargirl. Stargirl, alias Courtney Whitmore, is getting her own...
8 Bookish Finds For A Child’s Playroom
You love your kids. They love books. Let’s make everyone happy and turn your child into a book! Or, you could check out these bookish finds...
The N-Word: Confronting Racial Slurs In Literature
Encountering damaging representations of non-white characters and racial slurs is an occupational hazard of reading classic western literature. Books should be read within the context in...
Why Working In A Bookstore Was So Disappointing
Working in a bookstore might seem like the dream job for bibliophiles. I thought so, too, and I was thrilled to start working as a bookseller...
60 Rad YA Book Tattoos (Plus Bonus Ink Ideas For Kid Lit Fans!)
I didn’t get my first tattoo until I was in my 30s, and now I’m sporting four of them. My most recent one might be my...
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Nancy Drew?
Nancy Drew debuted in 1930 in The Secret of the Old Clock and has been busily solving crimes ever since. She has become an icon as few...
Strategies To Make Your Public Library Welcoming to LGBTQ+ Patrons
This list of strategies to make your library welcome to queer patrons is sponsored by Holiday House. What makes a bully? Are they born one? Or...
Riot Recommendation: 20 of Your Reading Resolutions
This Riot Recommendation of reading resolutions is sponsored by Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast Novel Gazing. Novel Gazing is your destination for all things literary...
