Writing About Mental Illness from the Inside
Within the first week it was published, Bassey Ikpi’s essay collection I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying, a collection of personal essays illuminating and encapsulating...
Don’t Mourn, Organize! 9 More Books About the U.S. Labor Movement
For the last hundred years, books, films, folk songs, and plays have used the U.S. Labor movement as an inexhaustible source for some of their best...
50 Shades and More: 11 Published Fan Fiction Books
You aren’t supposed to make money off fan fiction. And technically, of course, nobody does. But many authors who’ve published fan fiction works as original stories...
Muslim Impossible: Ruqaya Izzidien and Reviews of Bad Books
In May 2019, novelist Ruqaya Izzidien launched the website Muslim Impossible. The new site reviews fictional Muslim and Arab characters in film, TV, and literature. But...
Walt Whitman Travels to the Morgan
Because 2019 marks 200 years of celebrating the life of Walt Whitman, there has been no shortage of Whitmanian events and exhibits. The Walt Whitman Birthplace will...
5 YA Books That Tackle Mental Health Issues
Last month I posted about a sponsored read I was doing in memory of my brother. The plan was simple, to read five YA novels in...
10 New Manga to Pick Up This Year
How are we only a few months away from the end of 2019? It seems like we were putting together our reading resolutions just yesterday! In...
Book Fetish: Volume 370
This week’s Book Fetish is sponsored by All That’s Dead by Stuart MacBride. Logan McRae is looking forward to a nice, simple case—something to ease him back...
15 Audiobooks for Those Back To School Drives
This list of audiobooks for back to school is sponsored by hibooks – the club for audiobook lovers. Calling all audiobook nerds! The hibooks club is waiting for...
Featured Trailer: MALAMANDER by Thomas Taylor
This featured book trailer is sponsored by Malamander by Thomas Taylor and illustrated by Tom Booth. Available from Walker Books U.S. It’s winter in the town of...
