2020

Set in a small town in an abstracted American South, Catherine Lacey’s Pew traces a week in the life of its eponymous narrator, shortly after they...

“I am an instinctive mother…” As I read these words in Louise Erdrich’s memoir, The Blue Jay’s Dance, a veil was lifted off my eyes. Just...

As a climate activist, I know that racial and social justice are intrinsically linked with environmentalism. You cannot fight climate change without fighting for social change....

So, you’ve burned through every episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra on Netflix and now you don’t know what to do with yourself. You want...

It is a truth universally acknowledged: to read, one must have light. And let’s face it, most of us just don’t have reading lights. Or the...

Reading apps can encourage kids to do more reading. Many are focused on phonics, but reading comprehension apps especially can help children practice important foundational skills....

In the last decade, from 2010 to the present—and what a year 2020 has been so far—a number of YA and children’s book series have been...

Chances are that unless you’re a fan of lesser-known classics or a devoted student to English-language literary history, you’ve likely not heard of one of the...

The phrase “decolonize your bookshelf” has come into common reader vernacular in recent years. What it means is simple: evaluate the kinds of books you’re reading...

Perhaps you’re the reader that needs the feel of paper and a cozy nook to get into a story. Or the reader who listens to their...