Lost Charlotte Brontë Poems to Go on Sale on Author’s Birthday for $1.25 million
Charlotte Brontë is best known for writing Jane Eyre, but before that, she wrote poetry for her and her sisters’ toy soldiers in a remote English village....
A Study in American Kleptocracy
The Batavia Downs gambling complex spreads out like a giant fortress at the western edge of the small city of Batavia, New York. At its center...
Book Riot’s Romance Deals for April 6, 2022
Today’s edition of Romance Daily Deals is sponsored by $2.49 Ricochet by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie Get This Deal $1.99 Sea of Ruin by Pam...
Stolen Darwin Tree of Life Notebooks Have Been Anonymously Returned
In September of 2000, two notebooks kept by Charles Darwin — one containing an iconic “tree of life” sketch — were removed from the Special Collections...
Book Riot’s Children Deals of the Day for April 6, 2022
Today’s edition of kids’ book deals is sponsored by Featured Books $0.99 I Funny by James Patterson Get This Deal $1.99 The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 6, 2022
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $2.99 Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore Get This Deal $1.99 Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon...
She Sells Dreams and Delusions at the Sea Shore
“Fact of Body” by Chelsea Bieker We lived for a time in a car, my mother and me, alongside a slow-buzz highway that led to a toxic...
Desire, Memory, and Poetry as a Form of Prayer
“I dropped from my mother’s mouth with an axe, a net of lemons to which I was allergic, a limp, and a pair of Ray-Bans that...
Beloved Children’s Author Patricia MacLachlan Has Died at 84
Patricia MacLachlan, celebrated author of children’s literature and recipient of the prestigious Newbery Medal, died March 31 at the age of 84. MacLachlan, born Patricia Marie...
There’s Room for Both Dark and Fluffy Queer Media
There’s an ongoing battle in queer online spaces about representation, and it’s been raging since the LiveJournal days. In it, two sides argue about what makes...
