‘The Weekly Standard’: a Record of Failed Regime Change
For most neocons, however, journalism has never been more than a Leninist means to an end—to form an intellectual vanguard. For it is political influence that...
A Year in Reading: Katie Kitamura
Below are a handful of the many excellent books that got me through the year. As a list, it’s far from exhaustive, and not particularly systematic....
As a Writer, You’re Already Dead
Shelley Jackson: “As a Writer, You’re Already Dead” The author of “Riddance,” on the dead words that haunt her writing I s there a difference between writing a...
A Year in Reading: Steph Opitz
Longtime listener, first-time caller. I’m excited to be here talking about my Year in Reading. This was the first full year in almost a decade that...
A Year in Reading: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
I was proud of the literature published and celebrated this year. It is always hard to choose, but especially at a time like now, when there...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for December 17th, 2018
Sponsored by StoryWorth, the easiest way to record your family stories and print them in hardcover keepsake books. Get $20 off for the holidays. Today’s Featured...
There’s a Little Godzilla in All of Us
What if our stories were more sympathetic towards monsters? Good picture of me, I look cute here. (Photo by Fabian Reus) When I was eight years old,...
There’s Such a Thing as a Happy Ending
“Dry Creek Road,” “Is There Such a Thing?” and “Girly Noises,” three poems by Liam O’Brien Welcome to Recommended Reading’s Monday Commuter, our home for poetry, flash,...
Processing Trauma by Overthinking Bubble Guppies
Imagining a backstory for my son’s favorite cartoon saved my sanity It’s two in the morning, and my son wakes up howling. Jack’s maybe a year old....
How To Get Your Family Reading This Holiday Season
Most families have their holiday traditions together: maybe your family goes gaga over stockings or loves bundling up for a walk around to look at lights...
