Why You Should Read Nursery Rhymes to Your Toddler and 6 Books to Get You Started
In the field of early childhood literacy, it is no secret that nursery rhymes are greatly beneficial to babies and toddlers. Literacy expert and bestselling author...
Hobbies For Romance Heroines
Writers of any level can tell you that a quick way to character development is to give a character a hobby. Maybe your tough action hero...
The Wonder Woman Comic That Will Offend Everyone
If you are unfamiliar with Wonder Woman’s earliest adventures, let me be the first to inform you that they are bananapants. Not only are the plots...
Quiz: Which Character from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Are You?
How is a raven like a writing desk? I don’t know…and apparently neither did Lewis Carrol when he wrote the beloved nonsense classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland....
Bacon Bookmarks and Cheeto Lures: The Funniest and Weirdest Stories Of Damaged Library Books
Confession: I’m a terrible library patron. I don’t know how to return things on time, and no matter how much I say I’ll do better, I...
Who’s the Bright Star Now? On Reclaiming Straight Love Poems for Queer Lovemaking
“Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art,” I whispered into my partner’s ear like a dweeb. I was prepared for laughter, at best. Until...
50 Must-Read Eco Disasters In Fiction
Fiction at its best lets us play out our darkest fears about the future. You don’t get much darker than environmental collapse, and the way things...
An Interview with Feifei Ruan, Illustrator and Visual Storyteller
As I said in my interview with Thy Bui, I will be highlighting the works of designers and illustrators who create book covers. Today I bring...
8 of the Best Cold Case Stories For Your TBR
This list of cold case stories is sponsored by Atlantic Monthly Press. From “master of narrative journalism” (New York Times) and #1 bestselling author Mark Bowden, comes a...
21 of the Best Living Essay Writers
This Riot Recommendation listing the best living essay writers is sponsored by I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott. In this memoir-in-essays full...
