In Praise of Poems That End with Questions
To end a poem with a question is to offer an invitation. Here, the poet says, now it’s your turn. Rhetorical or direct, a question requests...
Ohio Becomes Latest State To Attempt To Stop Book Donations to Incarcerated
Updated contact information below. Original contact had bouncing emails. Last month, we reported on Washington’s Department of Justice’s new policy that banned used book donations from...
In Love with Multiplicity
Close to half a million people saw the huge Bruegel exhibition in Vienna marking the 450th anniversary of the artist’s death. Pieter Bruegel the Elder died...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 9th, 2019
Sponsored by Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev, published by William Morrow These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon,...
31 Free Writing Contests: Legitimate Competitions With Cash Prizes
When I was about 12, I saw an ad in a magazine for a poetry contest that sounded fancy and impressive, something like “International Library of...
Lost Calcutta
The first visit I made to Calcutta that I can remember was over Christmas in 1981. I was seven. It had been exactly twenty-five years since...
What Does It Mean That Woody Allen Couldn’t Sell His Memoir?
Last week the New York Times reported that Woody Allen tried and failed to sell his memoir to four of the big five publishing houses. In...
5 Great Books by Women, Recommended by Nicola Griffith
Nicola Griffith, most recently the author of So Lucky, may have the distinction of being our first Read More Women participant who’s also been recommended by...
“The Farm” Explores Surrogacy as a Luxury Commodity for the Global Elite
Picture this: an existence punctuated by yoga classes and country walks, sustained on a quinoa-heavy diet, swaddled in Merino wool. That’s the schedule of the women...
7 Fiction Podcasts for Superhero Fans
There’s so much to enjoy about superhero stories: fighting baddies, saving the world, and best of all, cool superpowers! Also, there’s a ton of them to...
