Books, Arts, and Culture

2023 was a whirlwind of a year. While I waited and worried for my book, The Loneliness Files, to make its debut I had a lot...

I haven’t finished it yet but my best discovery this year was Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In Florence in June with one of my...

Diana Whitney’s second poetry collection, Dark Beds, is a rich text built of the many narratives that comprise middle age for caregivers: the demands of young...

Emojis. Squirrels. Monsters. Tasmanian devils. Crow funerals. These are just a few episode topics of one of my favorite podcasts in the world: Ologies by Alie...

Science fiction writer Octavia Butler was the recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur “Genius” Grant, a PEN Lifetime Achievement Award, and both Nebula and Hugo...

Do you ever wonder who the most prolific children’s book authors are? These authors have published dozens — often even hundreds — of books over decades....