Books, Arts, and Culture

Understanding COVID-19, self-quarantine, and social distancing is difficult enough when you’re an adult. What about if you’re a child? Is there an easy way to explain...

It struck me recently that B-list comics villains, especially those with roots in the DC mythos, have enjoyed a renaissance since the advent of The CW’s...

Don’t miss the graphic novel adaptation of an unforgettable, award-winning YA book about gun violence. Take a look at the cover and a selection of interior...

Sometimes the little bookends simply won’t due. They might be cute and perfect for a couple of books or for pure decoration (and no judgment—bookends are...

Anyone who remembers the awkward years of middle school—or is currently experiencing them—understands the anxieties and possibilities that come with that tender age. Books can serve...

For almost as long as film has been an art form, books have been adapted for film. In fact, the earliest known motion picture based on...

We’re giving away a 1-year subscription to Audible to one lucky winner, courtesy of Macmillan’s Audiobooks Newsletter. As a romance reader and lover of LGBTQ+ stories,...

Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by “With an Instagram bio that reads “undocumented socialite,”...

British author Daisy Johnson is in her Oxford study on an unseasonably hot day in late May. “Everyone’s kind of piled out into their gardens,” she...

Characters dream of solving their problems by becoming more controlled and many have delusions of “election”—the sense of oneself as “chosen,” “special,” a celebrity perhaps. “For...