October 2020

This song is dedicated, this song goes out, is for. I wrote it in a dream, the second-oldest song in the world. It’s about hours without...

Political violence, especially around elections, has a long history in the United States. In the antebellum era, white nativist Protestants often rioted against Catholic immigrants because...

As a historian of the early American republic, I’ve been asked a lot recently whether the country has ever seen a period like the one we...

A definitive fact: Tamora Pierce is the true heroine of early-2000s YA fantasy. I’m far from the only teenager to have benefitted from Pierce’s frank depictions...

Entering the odd and exquisitely nonlinear world Marie-Helene Bertino’s Parakeet dislocates over and over. The novel begins with the unnamed bride protagonist talking to her deceased...

I am an introvert. In the right environment, with the right people, I can extrovert the hell out of a day or a con or a...

For those of you who want your Halloween seasonally spooky reads LGBTQ, I’ve got a list for you! Here are six awesome queer Halloween books, from...

Since Rebecca hit Netflix last week, many people find themselves revisiting the iconic book. But there’s always the last page, and once you’ve finished there, where...

This is my open letter to all the books I’ve lied about reading. I hope I’m not alone in this. There are so many books out...

Disclaimer: We know that due to the continued spread of COVID, travelling is impossible for many. Some of these locations are closed due to the pandemic...