Books, Arts, and Culture

This week, PEN America released a report on the current state of book bans in the USA. The report discusses the 50+ “parents’ rights” groups operating...

I love cosmic horror. As the world has become increasingly baffling, nonsensical, and outright terrifying, I’ve been drawn to reading cosmic horror stories more and more....

Recent political events have me considering the way our history shapes the books that writers write and publishers publish. After the summer of protests in 2020,...

I’m new to the world of the best word search games. I first started playing mobile apps during quarantine. Before the lockdowns, I had certainly experienced...

The Nancy Drew PC games were a huge part of my life for years. From the time I discovered them circa 2000 until 2015, two games...

Ghosts and ghouls and spirits, oh my! Blame it on my early obsessions with Halloweentown and the Addams Family, but I just can’t get enough of...

In my opinion, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is one of the greatest games ever invented. I have been a fan for years, and I am always...

Early on in Chris Kraus’s cult feminist classic I Love Dick, the book’s heroine is shown a video made by the object of her infatuation, Dick,...