Books, Arts, and Culture

Growing up in the early 1980s with an obstetrician-gynecologist mother, one would imagine that I would be well informed when it came to issues like puberty,...

We live in an era of precarious conflict: highly-fragmented, hyper-connected, the world both smaller and painfully far apart, in combat geographically, and with our own bodies,...

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for new books! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to your TBR. This is...

I go through waves of enthusiasm with cooking. It usually wanes when I feel like I’m stuck in a rut. This was most common during the...

Early chapter books like the Magic Tree House series can be hard to find. I never read Mary Pope Osborne’s series as a kid, but having...

It’s unsurprising that as a person who would literally always be in school if my finances allowed for it, I love dark academia in all of...

Last month, I was sitting in the corner of Starbucks talking with my former college roommate, and we were catching each other up on what we’d...

Whether you love them or hate them, bestseller lists capture the attention of the book world. They shape the conversations we have about books, inspire infrequent...

Welcome to the second quarter of YA graphic novel and comics releases! I usually only do quarterly new release round ups because it can be difficult...

Recently, a friend and I went to a screening of one of our favorite movies, Moonstruck, followed by a conversation with the screenwriter, now in his...