Why Are Books Banned In Prison?: Critical Linking, June 27, 2019
Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by Libro.fm “The Vera Institute estimates that one in 100 Americans...
The Ascent of the Sick-Girl Narrative
1. I recently saw a playwright I had studied with at a cafe. Her mother had just been hospitalized and this led to a discussion of...
The Pentagon’s Outsized Part in the Climate Fight
As giant a consumer as the Pentagon is, its use of energy pales next to that of the civilian population of some three-hundred million Americans—let alone...
Charles Dickens, True Crime Fan
During a bout of insomnia in 1851, Charles Dickens decided to shadow a new addition to the London police force: detectives. For Crime Reads, Tim Mason...
Telling Toni Morrison’s Story: The Millions Interviews Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
A new literary documentary, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, which chronicles the life and career of the prolific author (and, less famously, influential book editor),...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for June 26th, 2019
Sponsored by Libro.fm These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals All Out: the...
3 Solid Reasons Every Writer Needs to Use an Editing Tool
A few years ago, I decided to start freelance writing. I didn’t have any clients (or any idea what I was doing), so I began where...
America’s Indefensible Defense Budget
The sheer size of the military establishment and the habit of equating spending on it with patriotism make both sound management and serious oversight of defense...
Everything I Don’t Remember About the Day My Father Died
An Excerpt from The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz Billie Miles south of the wide blocks that are Greendale’s historic downtown of Greek Revival law firms,...
The Unruly, Mythologized Pre-History of Stonewall
Nobody knows who threw the first brick at Stonewall. It might not even have been a brick. Legend has it a woman in the crowd yelled,...
