The Driest Eye
Natalia Ginzburg’s work is so consistently surprising that reading it is something like being confronted with a brilliant child, innocent in the sense of being uncorrupted...
What’s Up, Danger? Oh, Just an Into the Spider-Verse Tribute Art Show
The best movie of 2018, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, is now on Netflix and—whether by coincidence or not—an art show celebrating its brilliance is about to...
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night: The Kotaku Review
Genre is mostly bullshit. It’s useful for discussion and for imagining where a certain game exists on the continuum of innovation and progress. These discussions are...
How to Set Up a Smart Kitchen
Serghei Starus/Shutterstock Your kitchen is full of appliances, but they’re dumb. Technology, like smart speakers, lights, ovens, and faucets, can make cooking, cleaning, and grocery shopping...
10 Sibling Books to Help Children Welcome a New Baby
Picture books with engaging stories can be a great way to gently explain things to young children. Where more fact-based books can help answer more specific...
Remembering The Warrens: Books About Their Paranormal Investigations
Some say they were a modern-day P.T. Barnum, using illusions and trickery to convince people of their encounters. Some say they were a sweet, loving couple...
The Best Joan Didion Accessories on Etsy
Joan Didion has been one of my favorite authors for several years. It’s her distinctive writing style and maybe a just little bit because she’s so...
Books In The Book Town: Books Set in Wigtown, Scotland
Also known as Scotland’s National Booktown, Wigtown has seven bookshops for the 1,000 purported (I’d guess it’s less but who am I to argue with the great...
The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years: Critical Linking, June 30, 2019
Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by Libro.fm “The New York Times’s book critics...
The Best Sunscreen for Beach Days or Everyday Use
Dean Drobot/Shutterstock Sun damage is real. Whether you’re hitting the beach, at a baseball game, or just spending some time outside, you should be using sunscreen....
