Books, Arts, and Culture

I have been following Mindy Kaling’s recommendations (at least aspirationally) since way back when she was cataloging her shopping experiences on the now-defunct blog Things I...

What’s on your bookish bucket list? Plenty of people have a bucket list of things they want to do in their life before they die. You...

At least five fresh Arabic short-story collections are coming to English translation in 2019. They center on Palestine, Egypt, and Sudan. PALESTINE Jokes for the Gunmen by...

I’m not sure why, but lately I’ve been thinking about subscribing to more print magazines, particularly the book-related variety. I love reading magazines, but my Texture...

So you’re reading a book. And right at the beginning, it says something about how the mother dies. You’re sitting right there. Does the novel know...

There’s never enough time. Fifty-two weeks. Three hundred sixty-five days. Even if you’ve won that Goodreads challenge (which, to be honest, beyond making sure I’m not...

Sometimes you start reading a story and within five pages you sit up, enchanted and a bit stunned at how easily the characters have wrapped you...

Sometimes it feels that all conversations in the UK eventually turn to Brexit. Literary conversations are no exception. Jonathan Coe might be the ideal chronicler of...

I love time travel. I have talked about this before. And I will entertain any type of media that gives me a fun reason to follow...

This list of January 2019 YA nonfiction releases is sponsored by The NOVL. After the shocking revelations and betrayals in The Cruel Prince, Jude continues to navigate...