Books, Arts, and Culture

I don’t know what your summers are like where you live, but I live in South Texas. It is hot, y’all. Like triple digits until October hot....

From 2007 to 2017 in the UK, fewer than 2% of all children’s books were created by UK authors of colour. This report was commissioned by...

I’m a sucker for a twisty, turny psychological thriller. I especially love the ones that start with seemingly average people and slowly peel back the layers....

Here in THE FUTURE, adults have finally learned that it’s OK to just sit and color for a while. Hooray for the end of coloring stigma!...

There are more than a couple of house plant books floating around on this great internet of ours. For a beginner with a fresh crop of...

If you’re like me, you’re still in denial that Game of Thrones is over. The epic HBO series based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of...

Critical Linking, a round-up of the most interesting bookish news and links from around the web, is sponsored by the audiobook of Birthday by Meredith Russo....

In this quirky satire of gentrification, race, and cultural appropriation, Darla, a young, hip black designer, accompanied by her ditzy, trend-crazy white childhood friend, look for...

A characteristic mid-career I.M. Pei design began with his initial selection of an elemental geometric shape—a square, triangle, or circle, say—which he then bisected (often on...