Books, Arts, and Culture

You can keep playing Stardew Valley forever—and that helped me confront my fear of wrapping things up Photo by PlayStation Europe M y Stardew Valley avatar looks...

Countless books are set in Massachusetts. Many of us probably remember reading authors like Hawthorne, Alcott, Thoreau, and Melville in school and recall and their connections...

Before I’d read any graphic novels my (very misinformed) assumption was that comics are mostly about superheroes and that just wasn’t my thing. Boy, was I...

For three seasons of every year, I dream of moving to the Arctic. Sometimes, I’m “practical” and imagine relocating to Alaska—it’s still in my home country,...

In the editor’s note to my 1990 Dover Thrift Edition of The Importance of Being Earnest, the editor writes, “Oscar Wilde (born in Dublin, 1854; died...

It’s official: the Divergent movies are a poor representation of the books. Moreover, we now know the supposed ending for the franchise won’t be made. That means...

This post contains spoilers for You, and also discusses violence against women. I admit it, I watched all of it. The entire series of Lifetime and...

I am a huge fan of ambient sounds when I work, write, and read. Often, especially when reading or writing, I like to match the sounds...