Books, Arts, and Culture

Smoke a frozen Marlboro Red with your best friend. Fall in love (stupidly). Dance in a sweaty gay club in Itaewon. Go on vacation. Fall in...

Dear Readers, Some years ago, long before I had any writerly visibility, I listened to an audio interview with Elizabeth Strout, one of my literary idols,...

Phew, we’ve made it to the end, folks! Another year is about to go into the books, and I know it’s been another rough one, so...

It’s the perfect time of the year for reading horror. Not just any horror, but horror about demons, devils, possessions, and exorcisms. You may be wondering...

It’s so fun to observe book cover trends as they’re unfolding. There are so many examples lately: realistic illustrated covers in young adult, books with books...

You go on a first date; you order Spaghetti Bolognese and your date orders a Margherita Flatbread. You agree to share a tiramisu. You split the...

Last month when I rounded up the best LGBTQ thrillers, I was amazed with how much progress the genre’s seen in terms of queer representation over...

If you’ve ever been into an indie bookstore or cruised around at a comic convention, you’ve likely seen or flipped through a zine. Zines (pronounced ZEEN)...

TW: Racism and police violence Libraries are an essential public institution. Beyond borrowing books for free, think of all the other things you can likely use...

My mom has this classic picture of my brothers and I reading when we were little. We’re gathered around our towering old bookshelf and sitting on...