Books, Arts, and Culture

When I first saw Cameron Crowe’s 2000 movie Almost Famous at sixteen, wide-eyed and hungry for cinematic coming-of-age, I recognized Penny Lane. Played by Kate Hudson...

How do you fit into a new community of people who see and understand you better than the world at large does? That’s the central question at...

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a new batch of book releases! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to...

A few months ago, thanks to this lovely post by Ashley Holstrom, I finally started a commonplace book. A commonplace book is simply a collection of...

Spring is finally here, and as the weather turns warmer, I am getting impatient for sunny skies, a large stack of books, and lazy days spent...

It happens every year: as we move into spring, the pace of romance publishing seems to intensify. This year, as is increasingly the case, we’ve got...

Sometimes it’s hard to be organized. Every year I start with the intention of keeping track of new releases. And every month I forget what’s coming...

Superheroes have something of a permanent identity crisis. They juggle at least two (and occasionally more) distinct personalities, one of which requires them to risk their...