12 Books Set in Southern Italy
The Italian South is a part of the world in which many Americans have roots. The Mezzogiorno, as it’s known—which includes the states of Sicily, Calabria,...
How I Stopped Being Afraid of My Own Brain
I loved Bigfoot in the daytime. Really any and all cryptozoology phenomena—Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch, the Abominable Snowman, Champ, the Jersey Devil, the Kraken—and...
20 Fascinating Artificial Intelligence Books, Fiction & Nonfiction
Artificial intelligence is already pervasive in our modern world—even in my field of public relations, the emerging role of AI for the industry is becoming a...
My Strangely Dark History With GAME OF THRONES
Content warning: sexual assault mentioned. The day after each episode of Game of Thrones airs, I have made myself a tiny tradition of reading the summary...
AVENGERS: ENDGAME and Backhanded LGBTQ Representation
Note: This article contains both major and minor spoilers for Avengers: Endgame. After 11 years and 21 movies, Avengers: Endgame finally gave audiences their first explicit,...
15 Books By UK Muslim Authors To Read In Ramadan
2019 is shaping up to be a great year for books by Muslim authors. As we ease into another Ramadan, there’s no better way to show...
10 Novels Featuring Loving, Dedicated, Hard-Working Single Mothers
As Mother’s Day approaches, I have been thinking of my own years of motherhood. I have three grown children, and I am fortunate to have had...
What It’s Like to Use the Hogwarts Library
In a while-ago Literary Tourism post, I talked about my love for my uber-bookish hometown, Oxford in the UK. Oxford has a ton of literary connections,...
50 Must-Read Memoirs of Mental Illness
It wasn’t until I went to group therapy that I really understood the power of finding solidarity and understanding with other members of the mentally ill...
SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL and Memories of Losing my Mother
I remember sitting on our striped couch in the TV room, watching Sarah Plain and Tall, the made-for-TV movie starred Glenn Close and Christopher Walken, with my...
