Missives from Another World: Literature of Parallel Universes
“He believed in an infinite series of times, in a growing, dizzying net of divergent, convergent and parallel times.”—Jorge Luis Borges, The Garden of Forking Paths...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 17th, 2019
Sponsored by Everything You Came to See by Elizabeth Schulte Martin – available today to Book Riot readers for only $1.99 These deals were active as...
Claudia Andujar: Witness to the Yanomami’s Last Struggle
Policing the Amazon demands enormous sums of money and unwavering political commitment. Under Bolsonaro, it’s as though all the security cameras have been turned off. Thus...
Dad’s Gone and the Lice Is Here to Stay
“Remedies” by Kali Fajardo-Anstine A dermatologist with a can of liquid nitrogen can remove a wart in four to five seconds. I can remove one overnight...
I Didn’t Manage to Publish a Book by 30, and That’s Okay
When I was younger, I was convinced that I would write my first book by 30. I thought this as a teenager, as a college student,...
13 Books About Women’s Pain
There are only two constant truths of me and both are to do with literature. I’ve always looked to books to explain the world, and I’ve...
Marvel T-Shirts To Show Off Your Love for Avengers: Endgame
If you’re as excited for Avengers: Endgame as we are, you’re probably already thinking about the perfect way to show your fandom colors for the premiere. And...
10 Fictional Pandemics That Will Make You Sweat
Is there anything scarier than an outbreak of disease? I think that the most frightening thing about plague is how it challenges a character’s ability to see...
3 Alaska Native Poets For You To Read ASAP
I know I live on stolen land. My house in Alaska is built on originally Indigenous land. To me, it’s good to keep this knowledge in...
I Don’t Read the Introductions in Books
One of the best things about graduating with my BA in English was that I no longer had to read the introductions in books. In high...
