Ponyboy Breaks Into Song
The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton‘s classic coming-of-age novel about Socs and Greasers in Tulsa, Okla., has been a staple of required reading in schools since its publication...
Letters from AWP: Re-Entry Is Hard
AWP 2019 is done. The tweets tell the tales, from a fish that got into the hotel minibar, to many pictures of people I don’t know...
Catholic Priests In Poland Burn HARRY POTTER
The Hill reports today that a group of Catholic priests in Poland have burned a number of books in a religious censorship effort, including Harry Potter titles. The...
Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Gets the Book Treatment
A New Orleans police cruiser sinks beneath rising floodwater. A bouncy and ratchet-grooved R&B beat pummels like the noonday sun of Louisiana. And, looking resplendent in...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 1st, 2019
Sponsored by Amazon Publishing. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals The City...
The Funniest Writing You Haven’t Read
I have a bit of a defect as a reader. I tend to judge all works solely on whether or not they’re funny. My favorite moment...
“Besharam” is a Survival Guide for Shameless Brown Girls
Shameless. This is a word every brown woman knows intimately. From my British home in Brighton to my Indian home in Goa, from Toronto to New...
The Best Comics We Read January–March 2019
We asked our contributors to share the best comic book, graphic novel, or webcomic that they read so far this year and here they are ready...
Writing Mysteries on the Page, Battling Mysteries in My Body
This is a guest post from Rachel Howzell Hall. Rachel is a New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, including The Good Sister by Rachel Howzell...
