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Three poems about Glasgow and Berlin by Kathleen Heil Welcome to The Commuter, our home for poetry, flash, graphic, and experimental narrative. Issue №50 Welcome to the...

The X-Men are among Marvel’s most recognizable characters. They are mutants—born with extraordinary abilities and the occasional odd hair color—who have dedicated their lives to protecting...

Highlighting nonfiction for teens is one of my passions. It’s a category within the YA category that’s so often overlooked, but YA nonfiction is becoming stronger...

Whenever we try to talk about sub-genres, whether old or emerging, Real Readers™ crawl out of the woodwork to tell us we’re very wrong, and don’t...

January is such a fun time of the year for book lovers because of all the most-anticipated titles of the year and releases to keep an...

In 334 BCE, Alexander the Great set out to conquer the world. On his conquests, Alexander brought with him historians and geographers to document and spread...

One of the best things about love quotes from books is that writers so well articulate the experience of being in love that you start to...

Sponsored by I Am Yours: A Shared Memoir by Reema Zaman, from Amberjack Publishing. To Speak is a Revolution. I Am Yours tells of Reema’s unwavering...

When people discuss Tolkien and race, ol’ J.R.R. generally doesn’t come out looking so hot, and rightly so. His descriptions of the Orcs are especially contentious;...

There are a lot of children’s books about divorce. Some focus on the divorce itself, while others cushion the divorce plot inside an adventure or sports...