2020

Our modern archetype of the vampire is as a man: Nosferatu, Dracula, Lestat, Edward. But some of the earliest vampires in literary and popular fiction were...

Douglas A. Martin’s novel Branwell: A Novel of the Brontë Brother has been described as a “queer speculative biography.” In imagining the life of the only...

Eleven months out of the year, I read only the occasional horror novel, but as soon as October comes around I’m ready for all the creepy...

Whether you like Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” or not, you can’t deny that it is a major Thing right now. I am here...

They meet, they fall in love, and they live happily ever after. That’s normally how a courtship recipe works, right? Not in these romance novels! Inside...

As a high school librarian, I am constantly looking to instill empathy in myself, the students I work with, and the staff at the school. I...

History has always been a popular jumping off point for comics, from enhanced lecture-style texts to creative nonfiction interpretations and memoir to more interpretively inclined retellings....

Representation matters. That’s just a nonstarter. So hear me when I say I am grateful for the books that feature queer characters as the protagonists. It’s...

When my public library announced a pumpkin decorating contest, I knew I had to get in on the action. I love Halloween and all things autumn...