Staff Picks: Stories, Sociopaths, and Sada Baby
Nesrine Malik. “Every social unit,” Nesrine Malik writes in We Need New Stories, “from the family to the nation state, functions on the basis of…
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for December 15th, 2019
Sponsored by Read Harder Journal, a reading log brought to you by Book Riot. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire…
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Something to Chew On: Tracking Down the History of the Library Cake
Chances are, if you work in a library or have a bookish lifestyle and spend any time on social media, you’ve seen it: The Library…
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Nellie Oleson, C’est Moi
Nellie Oleson, as played by Alison Arngrim I only have one insight about the Little House TV series, so I’m just gonna get it out…
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Critical Linking is a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web, sponsored by Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi…
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Writing Priorities: Forget Balance in Your Writing and Do This One Thing Instead
Three different people have asked me in the last month about how to balance their writing, work, family, and life. Step 1: ask someone who…
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Curled Thyme
In this previously unpublished essay, the legendary Imagist H.D. muses on the Greek bucolic poet Theocritus. Photo of H.D. taken from a postcard inscribed “To…
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Read Harder: A Play By An Author Of Color Or Queer Author
This list of recommendations for a play by an author of color or queer author, for the 2020 Read Harder Challenge, is sponsored by TBR:…
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The False Innocence of Black Pete
Writing a weekly column for a Dutch newspaper is a good way to lose heart. Not because whatever topic you choose, you’re bound to receive…
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Worst Books of 2019
Unfortunately I can’t love all the books I read, so today we’re talking about the books that I didn’t like this year! Catch up on…
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