Books, Arts, and Culture

We’re thrilled to begin a new series of poetry excerpts at The Millions. These poems come from selected new books that appear in our monthly must-read...

Elizabeth Brooks, author of “The Orphan of Salt Winds,” on the literary trope of the foundling Home for Belgian orphans, Epagny, courtesy of Library of Congress From...

If, somehow, you’ve managed to avoid all Marvel Studios production news for the past couple of years and you truly believed that the end of Avengers:...

In Lake Success, his new novel, Gary Shteyngart has shifted to recognizably American soil, specifically the United States that rolls beneath the wheels of a Greyhound...

If you’re struggling with an attachment to someone you now find loathsome, rest assured: his stories aren’t unique I grew up a Jewish girl in Jersey with...

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With just a snap of his fingers, Thanos has established himself as one of the most power Marvel villains. What makes Thanos such an interesting villain...

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Laurie Halse Anderson’s phenomenal, groundbreaking YA book Speak. Speak was the first YA book I ever read while...

Although the public library is a place in which—at least in America—the public can access books more or less for free (get out of here with...

Reading to your children is wonderful, and it is something parents are told they should be doing from the day they were born. Reading to your...