Books, Arts, and Culture

(Trigger warning: this article, and the book it describes, contain graphic descriptions of suicide.) Jeffrey Eugenides is a brilliant, versatile author, and his novel Middlesex is...

Between new films The Favourite and Mary Queen of Scots, along with Alan Cumming’s appearance as James I on Doctor Who, Britain’s Stuart dynasty are all over contemporary pop culture. Less well-known...

I’m trying to get my life together this year. One way I’m doing that is to tackle my ever-growing to-do list. But I’m not just trying...

Ugh. Adulting. Eating right. Exercising. Finances. Scheduling. Time management. Be nice to have something to take care of all those nuisance chores for you. It ‘d...

There are great bookish podcasts starting all the time—but I also constantly find myself discovering older ones I hadn’t known existed. I asked my fellow Book...

As someone whose religious identity fluctuates between labels like atheist, agnostic, or just plain spiritual on a daily basis, I enjoy books that explore atheist characters. It’s...

I’m a pretty simple person to shop for if you’re planning on giving me a gift. (And I’m all for that, by the way). I like...

As the weather begins to cool down and more time is spent inside with waning hours of evening sunlight, I find myself needing to do more...

*This list was originally published on The Kids Are All Right newsletter on December 9, 2018. Follow this link to subscribe to the newsletter for weekly children’s book...

A few months ago, a childhood dream of mine came true (no, not that one about working the soft serve machine at McDonalds): I was hired...