Books, Arts, and Culture

Anyone who grew up reading in English is probably familiar with the story starting formula that opens most folktales: “Once upon a time.” Often, story starters...

This list of essay collections by women is sponsored by I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott. In this memoir-in-essays full of spot-on observations about...

This list of books set in the 1970s is sponsored by Roar, an imprint of Lion Forge. After stepping on a crack and breaking her mother’s back, Alex...

This giveaway is sponsored by Henry Holt, publisher of Trust Exercise by Susan Choi. Available now wherever books are sold. The new novel by Pulitzer Prize finalist...

Sponsored by –The Fall of Crazy House Following in the footsteps of mid-’90s Baz Luhrmann, SparkNotes—y’know, the people who sell English class study aids—is trying to...

We spend plenty of time here on The Millions telling all of you what we’ve been reading, but we are also quite interested in hearing about...

Even if some novels feel like supersonic flights and others like leisurely tours, there’s no doubt in my mind that the means of transport closest to...