My Love for “Frankenstein” Taught Me To Let The Monsters Be Damned
I was looking for a father to love me anywhere I could find
Oct 31 - Addie Tsai
culture
essays
I Survived a Lot of Edwards and Now I’m Team Bella
I wonder how many of us end up marrying our Edwards because we don’t see another path for ourselves
Oct 25 - Caitlin M. Andrews
culture
Am I Too Old for This?
A 65-year-old debut novelist examines the publishing world's obsession with youth
Jul 20 - Ilana DeBare
books
Forget Boyfriends, I’m Reading for Cults
I’m done caring about the color of my outfits because I want to focus on the color of my aura
Jul 13 - Mike McClelland
books
Japanese Comics Helped Me Get Over Myself
Yamada Murasaki's manga taught me how to discard my regrets after I quit my dream job
Jul 12 - Rachel León
books
A New Novel Offers Literary Mothers a Feminist Alternative
Molly Lynch’s debut reimagines outdated tropes and dismisses conventional stories told about women
Jun 27 - Irene Katz Connelly
books
Black Women Are Being Erased in Book Publishing
“The Other Black Girl” tells a tried and true story of the challenges faced by Black publishing professionals
Jun 19 - Jennifer Baker
books
I Think of My Book As A Naked Version of Myself
I invite readers to ogle my writing in the same way they’ll gaze at the shirtless man on the cover
Jun 2 - Manuel Betancourt
books
7 Babysitters Club Books that Changed My Life
My favorite childhood series helped me become a better writer, person, and parent nowadays
May 5 - Jennifer Chen
books
Judy Blume Taught Me What My Parents Wouldn’t
As the child of Indian immigrant doctors, I understood puberty was taboo and off limits
Apr 25 - Kavita Das
culture
As a Cult Survivor, I Found Prince Harry’s “Spare” Surprisingly Relatable
I didn’t even refer to our way of life as religion, because religion could be false
Apr 7 - Rebecca Woodward
culture
My Jewish Father’s Chinese Food Was Legendary
“Millie Chan’s Kosher Chinese Cookbook” is essential to my understanding of who my father was
Apr 4 - Abigail Weil
culture
