Britney Spears’s Memoir Sells 1.1 Million in First Week
It may not have topped the first week sales for the other most-anticipated memoir of 2023, Prince Harry’s Spare, but queen of pop Britney Spears’s memoir...
How To Take an Author Photo
The Mug Shot: Look straight ahead and contemplate the lousy Kirkus review you’re sure to get. The Talk Show Host: Place one hand under your chin...
Alexandra Chang Turns the Pain of a Friendship Breakup Into a Short Story
“The world here beats faster than a hummingbird’s wings,” writes Alexandra Chang in her new collection Tomb Sweeping. Chang, the author of Days of Distraction and...
The Miracle of Photography
More shadows than men, really; just silhouettes, might as well be smudges on the lens. Hard to notice at first, the two undifferentiated figures in the...
Can You Guess the Fantasy Book Based On a Vague Description?
Today is the day you put your fantasy fandom skills to the fire. Will you melt under pressure like a marshmallow exposed to the center of...
The Uprising of Mesopunk Books
Out of all the science-fiction subgenres within the “-punk” category, mesopunk books would be the newest and most elusive of them all. Mesoamerican fiction is plentiful,...
Better Know an Author: The Joys of Reading Author Catalogues in Publication Order
I love a checklist, and I love a reading project, so reading through an entire author’s catalog is basically irresistible to me. I have an entire...
Why Do Kids Love GARFIELD Comics?
I grew up in an era where collections of comic strips and graphic novels were marketed toward kids as a way of “getting them into reading.”...
8 of the Best New Releases In Translation Out Fall 2023
The mornings are crisp. The days are shorter. Apples, pumpkins, and changing leaves abound in New England, where I live. And the fall books are here!...
10 of the Most Exciting New YA Books Out November 2023
Happy November, YA readers! I know that we have a lot to be grateful for as we wind down our busy book release season, and one...
