Books, Arts, and Culture

I like to always have a few short audiobooks sitting on my TBR for when I need a quick listen to break me out of a...

What does it mean to be Pakistani? Growing up, I had difficulty squaring my Pakistani culture with its stereotypes in the American media. Pakistan tends to...

A few weeks ago, inspired by Doctor Sam Hirst’s online lecture series #RomancingtheGothic, I wrote a post about gothic novels I thought would make exceptional graphic...

What has eight arms and can deliver an excellent hug? The answer is an octopus. In addition to so many arms, the coleoidea subclass of invertebrates—which...

You’ve been supporting your local bookshops. You’re tuning into virtual readings and author events. You’re curling up with new books and talking about all of it...

We’re giving away a 1-year Kindle Unlimited subscription to 5 lucky winners, courtesy of Macmillan’s eDeals Newsletter. Enter now! Hey, YA readers! May is here, and...

Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by “Beginning in March, Harlequin quietly began introducing a...

Here are five notable books of poetry publishing this month.  The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit, edited by Leah Silvieus...

When we read the newspaper, turn on the television, or scroll through social media, we’re daily met with data: dizzying numbers of disease prevalence, fatalities, ventilators,...