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Hugh Ryan isn’t a historian, so his new book “When Brooklyn Was Queer” is a labor of love Hugh Ryan. (Photo by M. Sharkey) For many years I...

I’m not sure about you, but I’m counting down the days until Avengers: Endgame tickets go on sale. I’m hanging on the edge of my seat to see...

Unless you’ve kept your head firmly under a rock for the past few years, you’ll have noticed that, well, the world is in political turmoil. It...

I’ve been reading for as long as I remember. My Goodreads account boasts a fairly impressive number of books read, but it’s not a complete list....

When I was in graduate school, I went to poetry readings nearly once a week. Before that, I’d been to maybe four of them total, and...

Having a language other than English as your native, while still managing English fluently, is really cool, but when it comes to books it can be...

I used to be a picky reader. Not in terms of genre—I’ve always read widely, counting everything from The Great Gatsby to Sharp Objects as all-time favorites. But I used...

It’s Sydney Mardi Gras time!! I love the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. It is one big, fabulous celebration. And there are so many ways...

I love digging into the hazy, grey areas of the romance genre. Because the genre is so large, and because it both overlaps with other genres,...

Okay, I lied a little. This isn’t just 25 best sci fi-audiobooks. It’s not so much a bug as a feature that a lot of good...