Jacqueline Woodson on the Joys of Reading Slowly
We’ve all been guilty of speed reading an article or skimming through headlines, and author Jacqueline Woodson is calling for us to slow down our reading....
Women Have Always Been at the Center of Upheavals: Amber Tamblyn in Conversation with Janet Fitch
Amber Tamblyn and Janet Fitch first met at a tiki bar in Los Angeles in 2010, when Tamblyn was seeking the movie rights to Fitch’s second...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 16th, 2019
Sponsored by The Atlantis Code, an “Indiana Jones meets Da Vinci Code” adventure by NYT bestselling author Charles Brokaw. These deals were active as of this...
9 Online Writing Courses That Will Help You Get Published and Paid
You used to have to attend a university to learn from a smart professor. And pay a lot of money. And get dressed and go to...
7 Novels About Women Getting Revenge
At the ages four and three, my sons are learning about retaliation. One steals the coveted fire engine from the other and soon someone has been...
The Seven Necessary Sins to Bring Down the Patriarchy
I first became acquainted with Egyptian American activist and author Mona Eltawahay’s work via Twitter, where she has a fabulously profane and informative presence. She pioneered hashtags...
My Lover, and Other Summer Relics
Pre-Loved Bodies Strange how much we find later.Inside a dying river,Good visibility.The loss of silence we fear. And this: Relics from June: I count in this...
The Value and Educational Benefit of Reading Comics
As a child, I was gifted a lovely comic book by a friend, a series called Sport Billy. In it, a sporty kid from the planet...
Whodunnit On The Tour De France and More Favorite Mystery and Thrillers!
A monthly roundup of favorite mystery and thriller reviews from the biweekly Unusual Suspects crime newsletter, highlighting some great new releases and backlist mysteries that shouldn’t...
Diverse Spoken Word by Out-Spoken at London’s Southbank
Out-Spoken started as a spoken word event in The Way of Kings bar near Kings Cross station in central London, and has become one of the...
