
9 Books About Krampus and Other Holiday Horrors
Tales to keep you in the Krampusnacht spirit all season long
"Replying All on the Death Announcement Email," creative nonfiction by Jenessa Abrams
These contemporary books illuminate the realities of the world for Black women in America
Gabrielle Bates, Sam Sax, Sally Wen Mao, and Edgar Kunz highlight a year of celebrated poetry collections
Sarah Blakley-Cartwright recommends stories about the shifting allegiances and power dynamics of a threesome
"Beyond Carthage" from THE END OF THE WORLD IS A CUL DE SAC by Louise Kennedy, recommended by Caoilinn Hughes
Maru Ayase’s novel "The Forest Brims Over" explores the gendered exploitation of being an artist's muse
Jiordan Castle's memoir-in-verse, "Disappearing Act," travels back in time to adolescence to the arrest that altered her family forever
Lee Matthew Goldberg recommends crime stories that subvert the expectations of the genre
In "The Vulnerables," a parrot without its owners, a trouble teen, and an older writer weather lockdown together
Two poems by Christopher Ankney
Sheena Patel, author of "I'm a Fan" on how Instagram is just like high school, and pushing the limits of what’s acceptable for Brown women