Books, Arts, and Culture

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Lauren Wilkinson on writing “American Spy,” and why the spy genre needs to be less white and male The spy fiction canon has long been dominated by...

Amy Feltman, author of “Willa & Hesper,” recommends books that will make you crave pastries, cakes, and cookies Photo by Sara Cervera on Unsplash M y debut novel,...

If you don’t recognize the name, you likely know the voice: Sarah Vowell first came to national attention for her humorous stories on NPR’s This American...

If there’s anything we’ve learned from the Bad Sex in Fiction awards, it’s that…it can get really really bad out there.  Everything from weird descriptions of...

Look, we’ve all done it. Maybe you were new to Goodreads and trying to beef up your number of book reviews. Maybe you were trying to...

Book groups are like diets: you start them with the best of intentions. I do, anyway. I’m in a number of them right now. They’re nominally...

Whether you’re looking for a girl falling in love with a mermaid, an illustrated guide to queer and trans identities, or an action-packed adventure, these 2019 LGBTQ...

I always joke that I missed my calling as a mafiosa; since I can remember, I have been obsessed with the gangsters of the 1920s through...

As a public librarian, I have been asked my fair share of rather odd questions by patrons of all backgrounds. One woman once asked me if...