Books, Arts, and Culture

How do you feel about novellas? They’re my go-to when I find myself in a reading slump, especially if they are of the fantasy or sci-fi...

The English Divide In 1794, while hiding from the Jacobins during the French Revolution, the Marquis de Condorcet wrote his landmark work, divided men into two...

For book lovers, the Best Adapted Screenplay Award is a natural point of entry to the Oscars. Sometimes, there’s a book you love (or, more tantalizingly,...

Genre portmanteaus are having a moment, aren’t they? Romantasy is an undeniable force in bookish spheres these days, and I, for one, would love to see...

When Ijeoma Oluo began writing Be A Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World— and How You Can Too, she was burnt...

When I started writing my memoir, The Cycle, about being diagnosed with Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), I had rarely seen periods in literature, much less PMDD,...

When a corpse washes up on the riverbank at Lord Hani’s country house, his daughter Neferet, her fellow physician Bener-ib and apprentice Mut-tuy head for the...

Dungeons and Dragons is, at its core, a social game, and throughout its history has seen many iterations. I talk a lot about D&D and its...