The World Didn’t End, Things Just Got Blurry
“There and There and There and There” by Alexander Lumans All the quality blankets: gone. They hadn’t vanished in some magical boom of smoke; everyone from...
20 Translated Short Story Collections from Around the World
It is estimated that only 3 percent of books sold in the U.S. are works in translation. The question is why don’t Americans read more translated...
The Book That Defined My Teen Anxiety Turned Out to Be a Lie
Novel Gazing is Electric Literature’s personal essay series about the way reading shapes our lives. This time, we asked: What’s a book that changed your mind? My older...
24 Unusual Historical Romances You Absolutely Need to Read
As someone who’s been reading historical romance for nearly half my life, it’s true that many of them blur into each other. You know what I...
Definitive Ranking of English Grammar Punctuation
Each English speaker has a favorite piece of English grammar punctuation. When I asked Rioters their favorites, the interrobang, ellipsis, and semicolon were quick to come...
Where Can You Find Great YA in Translation? Six Suggestions
Recently, publisher and German-to-English translator Cat Bergman asked for recommendations on where to find YA in translation. Adding tags this time: High school lit teacher I...
5 Comics that Left Me Speechless
I don’t read many comics, and I don’t know why. In the last few years, I’ve striven to change that, dedicating myself to pick up the...
James Bond Quiz: Choose a Bond, Get a Book Rec
Ian Fleming was a writer, journalist, and naval intelligence officer, but you probably know him as the creator of James Bond. Using his experience working for...
Light-Hearted Comics to Make You Smile
Things are…tough out there. Game of Thrones is a mess, politics is terrifying, and my Twitter feed is all debates and horror. There’s plenty to be...
Entering the Dark Fantastic with Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
“We read and listen to stories not only to be informed but also as a way to enter worlds that are not like our own. Stories...
