Books, Arts, and Culture

Ninety-two volumes, 938 chapters, 22 years. One Piece, written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, is an emblematic and popular Japanese manga series. The best-selling manga series...

I consider myself a casual fan of speculative fiction. Twilight came out when I was 13 and, by then, I had already been reading Harry Potter...

“Grandma, it’s me, Anastasia.” via GIPHY Like so many, I grew up watching Don Bluth’s animated classic, Anastasia. The film, while charming and fun, also took a considerable...

I have seen one constant refrain in the weeks since Adriana Herrera’s novel American Dreamer was released: this book will make you hungry. Which makes sense. One...

When I was in high school my government class went on a trip to Washington D.C. We made the requisite tourist stops at Jefferson’s Monticello and...

With a toddler around, it takes me longer these days to finish books than it used to. But I blew through Julia Scheeres’s 2011 nonfiction book, A...

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...