Who Gets to Be All-American?
Mitchell S. Jackson’s Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family is unlike any other book I’ve ever read. Survival Math is on one hand, a historical...
The Real World Dark Side of Fairy Tales
Two years ago, NPR’s Code Switch ran a story about how Taylor Swift is a darling of the current Neo-Nazis for her Aryan looks, slim figure,...
Why It’s Important to Read in Front of Kids
There are several habits I try to limit when I’m in front of my son. Watching mindless TV, scrolling through social media on my phone, cursing...
3 Pen Pal Books for Tweens that Promote Cultural Understanding
When I watch the news or read the paper these days, there seems to be nothing but the same negative stuff over and over. Mass shootings,...
Out Of This World Zodiac Bookmarks
My first online life happened in my teens, when I first got the internet. I stumbled upon an American Online forum for astrology lovers, and I...
VS Podcast: The Books That Make Season Two
Season three of VS is out, and here are the edited works of the authors invited to the second season of the podcast! Registers Of Illuminated...
50 Of The Best Poetry Books From Authors of Contemporary Works
There seems to be a bit of an aversion to poetry in our culture. Something happens to us when we’re in school—we’re given Walt Whitman or...
Movies You Didn’t Know Were Books First
These days, it seems as though just about every movie being made is adapted from a book. Those movies hit the big screen or end up...
Poetry Beyond Bars: Poem-a-Day Highlights Work of Incarcerated Writers
For five days in February, Poem-a-Day shared the work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers with their readership of over 500,000. The poems were selected by...
Reading Pathway: Kate Atkinson
Kate Atkinson is an English writer who has published ten novels, a play, and a short story collection. She has been awarded the prestigious UK Costa...
