Yiyun Li Doesn’t Use the Word ‘Grief’
As a Chinese writer writing in English as my second language, I have long admired the ways that Yiyun Li has made the language her own,...
The Prom Is Back On at Hampshire High School
Earlier this week, we reported on the decision by District 300 administration in suburban Chicago, Illinois, to cancel Hampshire High School’s spring musical The Prom. Dozens...
Choose Your Own Autumnal Journey
We’re celebrating peak fall with this interactive choose-your-own-journey which will let you decide where the story goes, with book recommendations for each chapter! Apple picking or...
Truth Not as a Set of Answers but a Field of Openings
From trees and mortality to colonialism and FaceTime sex, Charif Shanahan’s Trace Evidence investigates a restless range of subjects with a truth-finding precision that would be...
7 Poetry Collections By Women Of Color That Shatter The American Sentence
Since Walt Whitman, the American sentence has shape-shifted in and out of forms, from race-car lyrical lines that drive off the page, to fields of hailstorm...
They May Not Be The Most Targeted, But They’re Still Banned: Book Censorship News, October 27, 2023
Banned Books Week displays packed with copies of dusty books by dead white men still emerge annually, though thankfully, this has really changed over the last...
8 of the Best English-Language and U.S. Debuts
Much of publishing revolves around the United States, or specifically, New York City, thanks to cultural hegemony. Because of that, books by international publishers in different...
Why Does Frankenstein Endure in Pop Culture?
With Halloween next week, you’ll be seeing a lot of costumes or costume-adjacent clothing in the coming days. One popular character that you’re definitely going to...
How to Spray Book Edges: 7 Easy Steps
I’m a sucker for a beautiful book, and one of the key things that makes a beautiful book is sprayed or painted edges. These special editions...
Even More Genre-Blending Horror Books You Need to Read
Last year, a fellow Rioter wrote a brilliant post on 20 of the best genre-blending horror books you can read. I love genre-blending novels, and I...
