August 2020

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When the poet Jorie Graham heard Matthew Aucoin, then her student, intended to adapt James Merrill’s epic poem The Changing Light at Sandover into an opera,...

I am always in awe of people with big imaginations, who are able to really make stuff up. For a writer, I think I have a...

San Diego ComicCon@Home was a pretty amazing event. Not the same as being there, but then, nothing is. You’d think tuning in from the couch would...

Light fantasy novels are the perfect form of escapism. Sometimes you need a break from Planet Earth, but worlds that are grim and gritty aren’t exactly...

There’s a famous photograph of a Nazi book burning. A mound of books are spread in the street, some smoldering, some still aflame. Surrounding it are...

If you’re an avid audiobook listener, then you’ve felt the delicious anticipation of pressing “play” when you’re ready to dive into the next chapter of an...

Current events in the last few months have made it abundantly clear how little many of us (myself included) know about U.S. history. In this post,...

As the world obsesses over the surprise release of Taylor Swift’s new indie-sounding album, I’m keeping the feeling going by reading books like folklore. Swift has...