How to Write Better: 8 Straightforward Techniques to Try Today
Whatever you write, you want to get your thoughts across as clearly and effectively as possible. If you’re a novelist, you don’t want awkward word choices...
Baking Shows Are Secretly Reality TV for Frustrated Writers
A writer’s frustrations exist in private. The panic of a blank page; the fear of an editor’s note; the despair of a structural misstep. It’s possible...
7 Debut Collections That Continue the Lineage of Queer Poetry
Poetry has always been queer for me—the first girl I ever kissed used to carry a book of Sylvia Plath poems (you know, as you do...
The Women with an Appetite for Murder
Rachel Monroe has spent a great deal of time carefully considering aspects of American culture most would prefer to forget. In particular, she’s focused a lot...
Who is Shang-Chi? Your Introduction to Marvel’s Shang-Chi
It’s hero time, gang! Master of Kung Fu Shang-Chi has finally hit the media big time with the announcement of his 2021 MCU Phase 4 movie,...
12 (Mostly) Enamel Pins For Mystery and True Crime Fans
If you’re a mystery fan and/or true crime fan, you’re probably pretty vocal about your reading and viewing habits, and always have at least some part...
20 of the Best Snake Books for Every Reader
Welcome to the epic list of snake books! Our scaly, slithering friends are intimidating animals, often portrayed as monstrous or used to symbolize evil. Yet snakes are...
4 Books That Amplify Voices From the Other Side of India’s Partition
India gained independence from British colonialism on August 15th, 1947. While everyone was busy celebrating the politicization of a country and the change of masters, one...
Mischief Managed: 12 YA Books for Fans of The Marauders From Harry Potter
Recently it was announced that we’re getting a Harry Potter prequel series. Many have wondered what it could be about; we all have our ideas, but...
30 Gloriously Wise Charles Dickens Quotes
Charles Dickens was one of the most prolific and popular writers of the Victorian Era, writing 15 books and dozens more short stories, essays, and novellas....
