Books, Arts, and Culture

I don’t know why, but sometimes, when I’m lying in bed at night waiting to fall asleep, I wonder about Wolverine. No, seriously, I don’t know...

Hollywood sure loves adaptations. And why not? Turning to books for inspiration is a tradition almost as old as movies themselves. But sometimes, filmmakers get ideas....

“Dickens lite,” my mom said dismissively after I demanded (as only a firstborn can) that she read Imogen Hermes Gowar’s The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock. Read it!...

Hi, my name is Susie Dumond, and if Roxane Gay told me to jump off a bridge, I probably would. I’ve been a devoted fan since...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...