How Should a Millennial Be?
“The great millennial novelist”—the mantle has been thrust, by Boomers and Gen Xers alike, upon the Irish writer Sally Rooney, whose two carefully observed and gentle...
How to Customize Junk Email and Safe Senders in Outlook
Junk Email is the folder where Outlook sends mail it thinks is spam. You can customize Outlook’s spam filter to block or whitelist senders or domains,...
Rick Moody Recommends “A Full-Service Shelter” by Amy Hempel
“A Full-Service Shelter” by Amy Hempel They knew me as one who shot reeking crap out of cages with a hose. —Leonard Michaels, “In the Fifties”...
In Laila Lalami’s novel, Immigrants Are Fully-Realized People—and So Are Racists
Migration and all its ensuing discontentments obsess the work of Moroccan-American novelist and essayist Laila Lalami. In her debut, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Lalami offered...
Remember to Be Interesting to People Who Aren’t You
In our series “Can Writing Be Taught?” we partner with Catapult to ask their course instructors all our burning questions about the process of teaching writing....
Stephen Colbert attacks Trump’s healthcare promises in a cutting 6-minute monologue
Stephen Colbert is a long way from impressed with Trump’s very vague promises of a healthcare plan. “He’s decided he wants to kill Obamacare in the...
2019 Hugo Award Finalists Announced, and the List is Gorgeous
I’m not sure I’ve ever looked at an awards list and sighed in happiness, but that’s what I did when I saw the finalists for the...
YA Graphic Novels Hitting Shelves April–June 2019
The second quarter of 2019 is an exciting season for YA graphic novels! After a slow start to the year, your TBR is going to be...
Please Let Mycroft Holmes Be Fat
I treat Sherlock Holmes the way other people treat Pokémon: gotta watch ’em all! From the big names like Rathbone and Brett to the obscure ones...
Indie Press Round-Up: April 2019 New Releases and More
So, so, so many good books are published by small and indie presses! But it can be hard for these books to get the attention they...
