Books, Arts, and Culture

The author of “Vacuum in the Dark” on cleaning up poop (literally) and finding writing inspiration from donkeys chewing Photo by The Creative Exchange on Unsplash When I...

During my last two years of college in Chicago, I rode downtown by commuter train a few times each week. The trip took about 40 minutes,...

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“White Town, Black Town “ by Bindu Bansinath, a new short story, recommended by Electric Literature “Clean and airy Chowringhee Road” via Flickr Issue №354 Jump to story...

Explore the capital of Mexico with these literary works zStill from Netflix’s Roma Beyond the lush rendition of the lopsided but loving employer-employee relationship, the political turmoil...

I’m a recent convert to the world of essays. That’s not to say I hated them, but truthfully I didn’t know much about finding good ones...

Zoom Zoom Zoom, We’re going to the moon. Zoom Zoom Zoom, We’re leaving very soon. If you want to take a trip, Climb aboard my rocket...

“You’re a librarian? You must love to read!” “You’re a librarian? You must know a lot about books!” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve...

Welcome to the middle of winter, folks! I know a lot of us at this point are struggling to get out of bed, let alone push...

Look, every sentence that Samantha Irby writes is quotable, be it published on her blog, someone else’s blog, an advice column, or her books of essays. In...