Books, Arts, and Culture

The art of Francisco Goya has stood as a beacon over the cultural landscape during the nearly two centuries since his death, at age eighty-two, in...

Do fiction and nonfiction writing have anything in common? After all, their goals are fundamentally different. One wants to entertain, the other one mainly educates. But...

At the Paris Review, author Rumaan Alam discusses his suspenseful new book, Leave the World Behind, and the efficiency of genre writing. “I think there is...

Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Saga Press, publishers of Rebecca Roanhorse’s Today’s Featured Deals $3.99House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas...

“Peony Lanterns”by Aoko Matsuda translated by Polly Barton “Good evening to you, sir!” He’d ignored the doorbell three times already when he heard the woman’s voice...

francine j. harris’s newest collection, Here is the Sweet Hand, asks what it means to be alone and how that solitude frames our ways of seeing....

“The…what?” I hear you say. Saddle up, partners, and let’s explore western gothic, a genre you have definitely heard of but maybe never had a definition...

I love horror. It is, shall we say, my favorite genre. Horror movies, horror manga, horror podcasts—I adore them all. But for all that I inhale...

There is a common misconception that after Mary Shelley, the science fiction and fantasy genres were completely dominated by men until relatively recently. But this is...

These days, many of my mornings begin with the theme song of The Magic School Bus or The Magic School Bus Rides Again. My son usually...