Books, Arts, and Culture

This summer brings birthdays for Cancer, Leo, and Virgo, but the big story that we’re going to focus on are two major eclipses hitting in early...

Of the bedtime stories my parents told me, I took the most interest in the ones involving ghosts and spirits. These stories were often used to...

You shop local, you eat local—but are you reading local, too? If you’re not, you’re missing out. Local authors and the stories they tell can change...

Don’t you love books about AIs taking over? Whether they’re benevolent godlike robo-beings or your basic genocidal maniacs, AIs always make for a good sci-fi yarn....

While Western readers are now familiar with a few Middle Eastern writers, from Elif Shafak to Ahmed Saadawi, in general there remains a dearth of Middle...

School might be out, but even for young readers a nice pile of summer vacation chapter books can be a fun part of going out of...

Need a baby-sitter? Save time! Call: The Baby-Sitters Club and reach four experienced baby-sitters. So proclaims the first flier advertising The Baby-Sitters Club to the parents...

When I first started thinking about becoming a freelance writer, I did what any avid reader would do—I started finding and consuming books on the topic....