The Hidden Magic Power of YA Books
Have you ever picked a YA book thinking about a story and ended up reading another one? I have. Now, do you believe in magic? And...
30 Must-Read Diverse Children’s Books From The First Half Of 2019
Despite the demand for diverse children’s books, the publishing industry continues to lag in addressing the diversity gap in their children’s book publications. That’s why it’s...
The 20 Most Instagrammable Bookstore Cats: Critical Linking, January 18, 2019
Sponsored by Last Woman Standing by Amy Gentry. There’s something magical about stepping into a bookstore and finding a cat lounging on a well-worn arm chair...
Listening to Women’s Bodies
Between hiding what we’re told is embarrassing and presenting ourselves to the world to be appraised, women’s relationships to our bodies can be complex, even brutal....
Kansas Parent Calls On Library to Segregate Books Featuring Transgender Characters
A public library in Andover, Kansas, is considering a request to move books featuring transgender characters from the children’s section. In a written statement to the...
Poet Mary Oliver Has Died
Mary Oliver has died. The poet, who won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1984 and a dozen other awards and honorary doctorates over the years, died...
Nepantla and Gloria Anzaldúa’s Queer of Color Legacy
Sitting in an undergraduate Chicanx/Latinx Literature course, about seven years ago, is the first time that I heard Gloria Anzaldúa’s name. I was studying under another...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for January 17th, 2019
Sponsored by Flatiron Books, publishers of As Long As We Both Shall Live by JoAnn Chaney Today’s Featured Deals Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon for $2.99. Get it here,...
Corporate Censorship Is a Serious, and Mostly Invisible, Threat to Publishing
When states suppress ideas, we condemn it. What should we do when companies do the same? With some 687 million books sold in the U.S. in 2017,...
Min Jin Lee Recommends 5 Books By Women
The National Book Award finalist highlights some of her favorite non-male authors Min Jin Lee photo by Elena Seibert Like many of the best generational novels (sorry, Gabriel...
