Books, Arts, and Culture

“The World According to Fannie Davis” is a love letter to her mother, but also a crash course in economics and Black history “I’m playing the numbers”...

Looking for something warm to wrap yourself in to make it through winter, and also inspire you to kick its ass? Look no further. This list...

I’ve always loved movies like Amadeus because they imagine legendary artists’ creative processes. Although it’s pure speculation, it’s fascinating to imagine where famous artists got their...

When it comes to books, most readers agree: The challenge isn’t finding some great options, it’s choosing which one to read. Between the constant slew of...

The Narratologist has a great series of literary bingo cards, which gently skewer the preoccupations of famous authors. Charles Dickens Bingo includes squares for “fallen woman...

Sylvia Plath is an underrated writer. While she’s well-known, she’s also minimized: she’s dismissed as the stuff of angst-ridden goth teen girls and not taken seriously....

It’s 2019 and Hugo nominations are open. It’s time for Worldcon members to nominate their favorite SFF of 2018. But who are these members? Did you...

As 20-somethings, we are figuring EVERYTHING out—how am I supposed to pay those bills? Am I really in love with them? What am I doing with...

Interactive board books are great fun. Well, books themselves are already interactive — you have to turn the pages, after all — but there are board...

Long before I knew the word emetophobia, you knew how I suffered. I have read many a love letter to books that gave their readers cozy...