Books, Arts, and Culture

I lost my only brother to leukemia in late November 2017. It was the most heartbreaking, devastating loss I could ever imagine, and I’m still reeling...

Halloween season, the spookiest of all seasons, is almost upon us. Which means it’s time to carve out the pumpkins and pull out all the spooky...

I’ve always loved reading books set in remote locations. There’s something about characters living on small islands, in isolated communities, and in other far-flung locations that...

Have you watched HBO’s new series Gentleman Jack? It’s a dramatized TV show about a very real person: Anne Lister, a wealthy landowner in the early 19th...

Roald Dahl out of all people doesn’t need an introduction. I remember Roald Dahl was one of the first English authors I was introduced to when...

In her article “As Illustrated Covers Trend in Romance, What is Being Said About Women’s Interests?” fellow Rioter Kelly Jensen argues that romance’s new cartoon covers...

This list of books about immigrants is sponsored by Flatiron Books. Fifteen-year-old Ana Cancion never dreamed of moving to America. But when Juan Ruiz proposes and promises to...

This giveaway is sponsored by Equinox Books. Equinox Books is a traditional, small press looking for compelling genre fiction–fantasy, mystery, romance, thrillers, and everything in between....

Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza...

a tv show In an early scene of the recent HBO mini-series Chernobyl the local Pripyat town council is called to a meeting. By this point...