A Way Out of No Way
For The LA Review of Books, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor reviews Saidiya Hartman’s new book, Wayward Crossings, Beautiful Experiments. The book, which Taylor describes as “a radical, genre-defying...
This Is the Fruit I’ll Never Die For: Featured Poetry by Paisley Rekdal
Our series of poetry excerpts continues with a poem by Paisley Rekdal from her new book, Nightingale, a careful, hypnotic work. The book opens with “Psalm,”...
Popular Christian Author Rachel Held Evans Dead at Age 37
Rachel Held Evans, the popular Christian author and blogger known for challenging traditional Evangelical theology and politics, died on Saturday at the age of 37. On...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 7th, 2019
Sponsored by Audible These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals Before we get...
A Book Nerd’s Guide To The 2019 Met Gala
Football enthusiasts wait in anticipation for the Superbowl, film fans countdown to the Academy Awards, the rest of mankind eagerly awaited the return of Game of...
“The Parisian” Weaves Family Stories and Palestinian History Into a Debut Novel
What is Nablus like? “Nablus is a little village. It’s a town, I mean a city. It’s not large but we call it a city. What...
Reading “On Immunity” During a Measles Outbreak
In the days after I gave birth to my daughter, Washington state’s worst measles outbreak in decades made headlines. Two hundred fifty miles removed from the...
9 Vampire Novels With a Unique Twist
This list of unique vampire novels is sponsored by Carmilla by Kim Turrisi from KCP Loft. An adaptation of Shaftesbury’s award-winning, groundbreaking queer vampire web series of the...
The Evolution of Vampires
Sponsored by Carmilla by Kim Turrisi from KCP Loft. An adaptation of Shaftesbury’s award-winning, groundbreaking queer vampire web series of the same name, Carmilla mixes the camp...
7 Wonderfully Diverse Vampire Novels
This list of diverse vampire novels is sponsored by Carmilla by Kim Turrisi from KCP Loft. An adaptation of Shaftesbury’s award-winning, groundbreaking queer vampire web series of...
