Was Ron Desantis Running on ChatGPT This Whole Time?
Florida Governor Ron Desantis, who often sounds like an AI chatbot, dropped out of the 2024 Presidential Election on Sunday, just a week after OpenAI banned...
Storystorm 2024 Day 22: Maria Marianayagam Lists Her Identities and Passions
by Maria Marianayagam Hey there, fellow writers and storytellers! Doesn’t it feel like the quest for the next idea is a journey we’re constantly traveling? It...
Not All of His Problems Are a Performance
An excerpt from Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Cyrus ShamsKeady University, 2015 Maybe it was that Cyrus had done the wrong drugs in the right order, or...
9 Literary Mysteries With a Big Winter Mood
Winter in the northeast follows a predictable pattern. The season is rushed in the beginning, with snow-frosted holiday advertising out in full force before we even...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for January 22, 2024
Today’s Featured Book Deals $2.99 The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope Get This Deal $2.99 The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle Get This Deal...
Anti-Book Ban Bill Introduced in Colorado
Following in the steps of Massachusetts and New Mexico, Colorado has introduced anti-book ban legislation in its new session. SB 049, Content of Materials in Libraries,...
Books to Help You Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution
We’re a couple weeks into the new year, which means we’re just about at the point where most folks abandon their New Year’s resolutions. Whatever you...
Embracing Seasonal Reading with Picture Books
Last fall, on a whim, I decided that 2024 was going to be the Year of the Picture Book. Other than reading them to my niblings,...
The 10 Categorically Best Comics of 2023
Another year means another chance for me to reflect on some of the best comics that came out in the last 12 months. Maybe even the...
Russia Piracy Takedowns Up By 100%, “Western Rightsholders to Blame”
Russian media outlets are reporting that the volume of pirated content on the internet doubled between 2022 and 2023. That’s not exactly true, or indeed true...
