December 2020

“The Little Restaurant Near Place des Ternes” by Georges Simenon The clock in its black case, which regular customers had always known to stand in the same...

Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other depicts the complexities of identity through the interconnected stories of twelve Black British women, painting a portrait of the state of...

I keep a small newsletter that I try to send out at least once a month. This newsletter, which usually includes short updates on how life...

Marijuana legalization continues to sweep across the United States. The 2020 election saw voters in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota approving recreational marijuana use....

I was a bookseller pre-COVID-19, so what I am about to share may not be as accurate as it was last January. However, the job itself...

With all of the COVID-19 restrictions and limitations on our Christmas festivities this year, my family has been all about rocking the Christmas music in our...

“Too often we identify with our bosses and our companies instead of with our fellow workers. Your boss is not your friend. Without a union, your...

I tend to pick up comics in very specific situations. Sometimes I need a reset during a reading slump, and have discovered that the comics medium...

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle is as close as Arthur Conan Doyle ever came to a Sherlock Holmes Christmas special—and it’s not even set on...