Love Letters to Walt Whitman
Maria Popova over at Brain Pickings recounts the enduring friendship—one that often bordered on infatuation—between Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman. The pair exchanged letters for years,...
The 2018 State of Racial Diversity in Romance Publishing from The Ripped Bodice
It’s the three-year anniversary of The Ripped Bodice, the only exclusively romance book shop in the U.S., and that means it’s time for the third annual...
Watch the Trailer for the Final Season of GAME OF THRONES
The official Game of Thrones Twitter has dropped the new trailer for season 8 today. The series returns April 14 for its final, six episode season....
There’s No One to Witness: Featured Poetry by Edgar Kunz
Our new series of poetry excerpts continues with a poem from the debut collection by Edgar Kunz, Tap Out. Kunz’s poems are laconic, but also remain fleshy...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for March 5th, 2019
Sponsored by our What’s Up in YA Giveaway of a $100 gift card to Amazon! Enter here. These deals were active as of this writing, but...
At the Border of the Novel
Although Valeria Luiselli lives in New York City, she isn’t herself American—not by birth (she was born in Mexico), nor by upbringing (her father was a...
5 Lessons I Learned at My First Writing Residency
In January, I packed my car and drove 12 hours alone from Florida to North Carolina. This was not a typical road trip, but I had...
Becoming an Actor Taught Me to Write
Performing and writing may seem like two different arts, but in fact, they inform and bolster each other Photo by Alan Cleaver When I was a 10 year-old...
7 Novels About Being Broke
Andrew Ridker, author of “The Altruists,” recommends fiction on how debt ruins lives Photo by Ehud Neuhaus on Unsplash When I was young I used to play the...
Amber Tamblyn on Owning the Worst Parts of Herself
The author of “Era of Ignition” talks about white feminism and its shortcomings Amber Tamblyn was going through a rough patch. The night before her wedding...
