Books, Arts, and Culture

The major surprise of Jeremy Thorpe’s trial in 1979 for conspiracy to murder was his decision not to take the stand—it seems that his counsel, alert...

Celeste Ng’s “Little Fires Everywhere” helped me process my conflicted feelings about my adoption I ’m nine years old and I can’t tell what library I’m in....

In recent theatrical portrayals, the saint is apparently too fanatical, too calm, too variable, and too steady Joan of Arc may be a saint, but she’s still...

The comic book industry has lost another legend. On November 12th, Stan Lee, former writer, editor, and publisher of Marvel, passed away at the age of...

Have some books lying around you don’t want, but also don’t want to impart to anyone else? And to make things trickier, you cringe at the...

Prepare yourself for some bad puns for this list of Jewish books (I know the tradition is fried foods, but I prefer to cheese it up):...

November 29 marks Madeleine L’Engle’s 100th birthday. I will be honest: she was not the seminal author of my childhood. I read and enjoyed A Wrinkle...

Ready to get your holiday season started off right? Try these festive Christmas poems that can be read alone with a mug of tea or read...

The holiday season is a time of generosity, joy, and celebration…to say nothing of stress, spending money you don’t have, and hanging around people that you’d just...

It’s time for a round-up of award-winning Canadian books from 2018! Awards never provide the full picture of an entire country’s literary scene, and the general...