Stories for Creative Writing Classes With Kids: What I Shared With My Students
After moving from Hawai‘i to California, my partner found a local arts center during our first month in the East Bay. He shared the glare of his...
On THE FRIEND by Sigrid Nunez and Doggos
Sigrid Nunez won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction for The Friend. The New York Times wrote, tongue in cheek, “with The Friend Sigrid Nunez...
22 Absolutely Breathtaking Emily Dickinson Quotes
Emily Dickinson is my father’s favorite poet, and I’ve always meant to read her poetry. But it was only recently that I really immersed myself in...
15 of the Best Dictionary Apps for Your Every Nerdy Need
Languages are hard. As soon as you think you’ve mastered one grammar rule, a dozen exceptions pop up. When you think you’ve learned the definition of...
How to Make the Comics World Better in 2019
I love comics. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t read them every month or have drawn a webcomic in college. In all honesty, I’ve been pretty fortunate...
If You’ll Miss ‘One Day At A Time,’ Read One Of These Books: List List #340
Sponsored by Flatiron Books. After her parents die, Camille must find a way to provide for her sister by transforming scraps of metal into money. But...
Giveaway: THE BIRD KING by G. Willow Wilson
This giveaway is sponsored by The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson, available now from Grove Press. A fantastical journey set at the height of the Spanish...
This $2.95 Million Dollar Home Used To Be A Library: Critical Linking, March 15, 2019
Sponsored by our What’s Up in YA Giveaway of a $100 gift card to Amazon! Enter here. Yes, my fellow book lovin’ nerds, this house was a...
Ten Ways to Look at the Color Black
1.One of the most poignant of all passages in English literature occurs in The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman, serially published between the years...
How Hulu’s ‘Shrill’ revolutionizes body diversity on screen
We still have a ways to go, but right now there’s never been more on-screen diversity as far as race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender. But...
