Books, Arts, and Culture

Looking to read more poetry in translation? It was one of my reading goals this year, and I knew that I specifically wanted to read more...

I almost had a tarot reading this year (or last, my memory is not great). I have a special relationship with magic of that kind; it’s...

Maaza Mengiste has a new novel out this year called The Shadow King, but I took a while in the spring to read her first book,...

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Sometime around February, both somewhat crassly and in complete seriousness, I took to describing the still-newish 2019 as The Year of the Great Unclenching. The frenetic...

I hate when people declaim on comics and graphic novels not being “real” books. They have words, they tell a story, they evoke emotions; they are, therefore,...

It’s important for kids to see positive representations of characters standing up for what they believe in. These four middle grade novels are about kids standing...

For me, a small time teenager in tiny Ireland, it started with Whip It!, the Drew Barrymore film which sent a spotlight into my soul. The idea...

Sorry, friends, cold and flu season is here. Stock up on your Vitamin C and wash your hands frequently. On the chance you do end up...