Marie Mutsuki Mockett Interprets Bashō with Her Son
For the Paris Review, Marie Mutsuki Mockett reflects on Bashō’s haikus through the eyes of her 10-year-old son, who encounters the poet’s work for the first...
MIDNIGHT SUN Is Coming: Stephenie Meyer Announces New (Old) Book
It’s the year of the vampire, with YA vampire books coming back into fashion once again. In the style of Suzanne Collins who announced a prequel...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 4, 2020
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $2.99Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Get This Deal $1.99The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan...
7 Books By and About Muslim Women
Muslim women are not a monolith. We wear hijaabs and hoodies and pum pum shorts on the dance floor, drive souped up Honda Civics and McLarens...
I Swear Earth is a Carnival Queen
Grand Prismatic Spring —Yellowstone National Park Wet maw of earth painted like a parrot fish frilled at the banks saying AH with...
Crying Censorship: The Ethics of Publishing the Problematic
It is always disappointing when Woody Allen rears his head in the news cycle. Last month—which feels like centuries ago thanks to the timelessness of living...
Summer 2020 YA Paperbacks
It might not feel like it, but summer is coming. Officially, of course, it doesn’t begin until June 20, but for the book world, the perfect...
The Stay Home, Stay Reading Virtual Initiative to Support Authors
The publishing industry is one of the many industries that have been severely impacted by the global threat of COVID-19. Among those facing massive losses are...
5 of the Best Books to Read for Star Wars Day 2020
It’s the best day of the year: Star Wars Day! My son and I are dressed in our finest Dark Side and Rebel Alliance gear, respectively,...
Pass/Fail: BATMAN: UNDER THE RED HOOD
Welcome to another edition of Pass/Fail, where I take on the question of how well a comic/graphic novel is adapted for either large or small screen....
