Queer Activists Take On the Most Homophobic Town in America
Celia Laskey’s debut novel, Under The Rainbow, is a study in cause and effect, and reverberation. On the opening page, Avery the chapter’s protagonist, defines a...
Even If the Full-Blood Family Don’t Claim Us
Mixed I pray on my great GrandFather’s feathers —the ones you don’t respect— That you never dare call me Mixed when i have been a nigger...
Baltimore Hauntings That Would Make Great Comics
As the United States goes, Baltimore is an old city. Established in 1729 by the Maryland constitution, it is now the 30th most populous city in...
10 Best Bookish Podcasts for Distancing Yourself From the News
When our personal relationships, stress, or the world outside become inundated with problems and challenges, those things start to take over our lives and it can...
The Complex Trauma Bond at the Heart of MY DARK VANESSA
(Trigger warning: this novel contains multiple scenes of sexual abuse of a child.) It’s fitting that Kate Elizabeth Russell’s novel Here, I defined a trauma bond...
How to Support Authors With Books Out During Social Isolation
It’s a rough time to be an author with a book coming out. People are distracted; in-person events are cancelled; indie bookstores are, in the main,...
10 Kid’s Book Storage Ideas to Keep Books Cute and Off the Floor
So you’ve bought your kid a great mix of Flisat Book Display This adorable book display keeps it simple. The height means that your little one...
4 Folklore Creatures We Need to Make Horror Movies About Rather Than W*ndigos
In the last several years there has been a serious uptick in using w*ndigos in popular culture in America, especially in horror. As a white person,...
6 New Romance Novels to Brighten Your Spring
After what seems like a century, the days of brutal winter weather are finally starting to wind down, and some early signs of spring are beginning...
Quiz: Boy Band or Romantic Poet?
Perhaps your memories of middle or high school, like mine, are to the soundtrack of Backstreet Boys, N*Sync, O-Town, or any number of other boy bands...
