Books, Arts, and Culture

Once, while browsing the drama section at Barnes & Noble, I came across a slim, yellow play with the unusual title How I Learned to Drive....

When I was a kid, sewing was one of those things they taught us in school – but only the needle and thread version. When I...

I am happy to be living in a world with so much beautiful writing about how we can make the world a better place. There are...

As you’re browsing from site to site to look for new reads, you may have noticed an article or two about what’s going on in Hong...

Fall is nearly upon us and with it, a barrage of amazing new books from authors like Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Ta Nehisi-Coates, Stephen King, Jacqueline...

I have always been a reader; it is a part of my identity. I take pride in the fact that, as a child, my relatives always...

White bias: The assumption that all characters in a book are white unless stated otherwise. When Olivia Award–winning actress Noma Dumezweni was cast as Hermione in...

I can’t remember the exact moment when I discovered YA books, but I sure do remember the few books that made me fall in love with YA....

I was in college when I first learned the difference between a country and its government. And also how the political concept of a nation is...

This list of YA books about music is sponsored by Lerner Books. Fifteen-year-old Verdad doesn’t think she has time for love. She’s still struggling to process the recent...