Kristen Arnett’s Refrigerated Abyss
Writers often stare into the abyss, and as that abyss often takes the form of a refrigerator, the Paris Review has interviewed writers about the contents...
Brett Kavanaugh and the Witch in the Woods: The Millions Interviews Leni Zumas
Leni Zumas’s 2018 novel, Red Clocks, which has drawn wide comparisons to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, paints a chilling portrait of a near future in...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for June 5th, 2019
Sponsored by Page Chaser Deals These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals The...
Lenin’s Corpse Won’t Look This Good Forever
“Preservation” by Maria Lioutaia Over the past month, Valentina had attempted every procedure, from reputable to highly experimental. She’d bathed Lenin’s body in hydrogen peroxide and...
Ocean Vuong Refuses to Compromise
Spanning three generations of family history from Vietnam to rural Connecticut, established poet Ocean Vuong’s debut novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, is structured as a...
10 Comics to Read While You Smash the Patriarchy
Comics have always been great for illustrating a fight—they are both serial and cinematic, giving us plenty of time to follow a hero on their adventures...
An Epic List of 29 GAME OF THRONES Games
Are you a keeper of secrets from throughout the Seven Kingdoms? Possess the charisma to inspire others to follow you, the strength to be victorious in...
Why I’m No Longer Reading Books by White Men
Novels have been policed and banned since they first came onto the scene. And yet the majority of people in the world today probably don’t think...
Matwaala Poetry Festival Celebrates Poets of the South Asian Diaspora
Matwaala, or matwala, is a Hindi word that refers to someone who is drunk. Fun times. The word has also taken on the meaning of someone...
14 of Our Favorite Queer Books: A Pride Reading List
If you’re looking to kick off LGBTQ Pride the right way—with some great queer books, obviously—then you’ve come to the right place. Rioters recommend some of...
