September 2020

When I wrote my first novel, The House With a Thousand Stories, I drew inspiration not only from great 20th-century novels like Toni Morrison’s Song of...

In Raven Leilani’s Luster, Edie is a 23-year old Black woman who, amongst other problems, has irritable bowel syndrome. “I can’t shit,” she explains, describing her...

Sigrid Nunez’s latest novel, What Are You Going Through?, explores the rich interior life of a narrator whose name we never learn. She has a series...

It struck me not long ago that B-list comics villains, especially those with roots in the DC mythos, have enjoyed a renaissance since the advent of The CW’s...

I still remember the first YA book about a transgender person I ever read as a teenager. Although the book in question is now a little...

When we teach history in school, I am always saddened to know how simplified and one-sided our history books are. Perhaps this is because of the...

More fat representation in romance doesn’t always mean greater fat acceptance. This message came through loud and clear in my recent deep dive into romances with...

If you love books and enjoy helping others, finding a job at your local library might be a perfect fit for you. Don’t have a Master...

For those who haven’t been keeping on top of new releases, Indigenous horror is kind of having a moment and I am here for it. Both...

Reading: My Final Frontier. This is the year 2020 and I have all but given up on my mission: to regain some reading mojo; to seek...