Books, Arts, and Culture

Like many of you, I opted to participate in the Goodreads 2019 Reading Challenge. I set my book goal at a meager 40 books. Last year...

Much of Mary Oliver’s poetry has to do with walks she has taken in the woods, but there is always something else underneath—the idea that it...

At some point, you’ve likely encountered a long, bleak patch when your reserve of recommended books ran dry. A few years ago, there was a stretch...

Marie Kondo’s Tidying Up premiered on Netflix on January 1 and people have Opinions. Of course they do. How dare she suggest we remove that from...

If you’re like me, you first made a horrible realization that you couldn’t buy Kindle books on iPhone or iOS devices in one of two places:...

Never fear; superpowered teens are here! Take a look at the cover for the third book in C.B. Lee’s Sidekick Squad, Not Your Backup, out June 2019. Check...

This list of YA books set in Ireland is sponsored by Libby, the one-tap reading app from your library and OverDrive. Meet Libby. The award-winning reading app that...

Sponsored by Libby, the one-tap reading app from your library and OverDrive. But why hold story hour at a laundromat instead of a library, or perhaps...

The first time I ever heard the hyphenated word “self-promotion” uttered as something writers do, I was an MFA student. Seemingly every editor, author, or agent...

Located just north of Paris, the administrative department of Seine-Saint-Denis is France’s poorest and most ethnically diverse. Its Brutalist public housing complexes, once triumphant monuments to...