Maurice Sendak at the Opera
Casual readers and self-proclaimed Wild Things are probably not aware of Maurice Sendak’s deep love for the opera. Over at Artsy, Wallace Ludel explores the vivid,...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for June 12th, 2019
Sponsored by This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews, and First Second These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get...
Elise Juska on Finally Learning the True Story of Her Namesake
1.On the first day of every new semester, I ask my students to write stories about their names. It’s an exercise that reliably generates discussion-worthy material:...
A Muckraker’s Progress
Seymour Hersh has been the premier American investigative reporter of the last half-century. In the late 1960s his articles helped inspire a partly successful campaign to...
How to Unlearn Everything You Learned about Writing in School
Writers, our industry has a problem: education. If you learned anything about writing in high school or college beyond grammar, you likely learned how to write...
Loving Your Parents Is a Trap
“Model Boy”by Jake Wolff Sammy Tampari lies on his stomach on the floor of the living room, pretending to read. He is eight years old, and...
8 Books That Explore What It Means to Be Biracial
I didn’t read a book with a biracial protagonist until I was in my 20s. I had lived that long feeling out of place in a...
Vivek Shraya’s “Death Threat” Turns Online Hatred Into Art
A series of cryptic and chilling emails form the foundation of Vivek Shraya’s latest book, Death Threat, a graphic novel made in collaboration with artist and...
6 Dysfunctional Literary Sisterhoods
This piece on the dysfunctional literary sisterhoods is sponsored by The Summer of Sunshine & Margot by Susan Mallery. Twin sisters Sunshine and Margot are as different...
Famous Sisters: Rebels, Rivals, and Revelry
This list of books about famous sisters is sponsored by The Summer of Sunshine & Margot by Susan Mallery. Twin sisters Sunshine and Margot are as different...
