The Devourer
Marie NDiaye is so intelligent, so composed, so good, that any description of her work feels like an understatement. “Stop reading this review, just read her...
Can Journalism Be Saved?
The question arises at this point, why are there so many black sheep in journalism? Why so many “fakes”? Why is the epidemic of “yellow journalism”...
Waste Not, Shop Not
If one is to judge fashion by glossy magazines, there are really only three major questions of importance: (1) leopard print or not, (2) sexy being...
Young Adult Fiction’s New Chapter
YA authors Tomi Adeyemi, Akwaeke Emezi, Elizabeth Acevedo, Angie Thomas, and Nic Stone joined forces for Elle to discuss the changing tides in young adult fiction,...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for February 5, 2020
Sponsored by Workman Publishing, publisher of Let’s Be Weird Together: A Book About Love by Brooke Barker and Boaz Frankel. These deals were active as of this...
A Beautiful Wife Is Suddenly Dead
“A Beautiful Wife Is Suddenly Dead”by Margaret Meehan Karen Roberts is going to fall out the window. She likes to perch her ass on the sill...
7 Books With Reality-Bending Settings
When I saw My Winnipeg at the Music Box Theater in Chicago many years ago, I knew nothing about it except that its director, Guy Maddin,...
Rereading PERSEPOLIS in 2020: What I’ve Learned and What to Read Next
If you like graphic novels, you probably have by now read Persepolis by Marjane Satapri. If you haven’t, you really should, especially if you are interested...
DIE HARD at a Rest Stop and More Must-Read Mystery and Thrillers
A monthly roundup of favorite mystery and thriller reviews from the biweekly Unusual Suspects crime newsletter, highlighting some great new releases and backlist mysteries that shouldn’t...
The Meaning of ANNA KARENINA’s First Line
The first line of a novel is arguably the most important of the entire work. As any author knows, the first line can be the difference...
