August 2020

Content Note: Several books on this list use the slur “Faggots” in their title. All are own voices. At the start of lockdown, I joined a...

Huntington, Long Island, has several Walt Whitman-named places including streets and malls. While these places are commercial and directional, they pay homage to the poet Walt...

I make no exaggeration when I say yoga changed my life. I went into the practice hoping for tools to manage my mental health—which required me...

A fairytale provides the form and basic building blocks a narrative can take, but the storyteller adds the meaning, chooses what to include and exclude, what...

I decided to rewatch Naruto Shippuden last month. It’s a favorite of mine, and I wanted to revisit all the emotions I experienced while reading it...

I may or may not have a gender-neutral nursery ideas board on Pinterest. Do I have children? No. Do I plan to have children? Also no....

Memorizing poetry is my way of life. Poetry uplifts our darkest days, and it’s natural to retain our faves to memory. In my younger days, my...

Any book person will tell you that they get a lot of gift books for special occasions. These come from family, especially older members, who are...