Articles

Worshipping My Ass Doesn’t Make Me a Goddess
Sep 15 - Rachel Ephraim

Finding First Love Under a Beach Blanket
Aug 18 - Reena Shah

Impossible Lessons from My First Year in American High School
May 26 - Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry

The Great American Baseball Novel
Mar 5 - Erin Bartnett

A Practical Guide to Becoming a Nun
Oct 9 - Blair Hurley

Emotions Are Like Little Gremlins
Sep 25 - Erin Bartnett

All the Misery of Being in Your 20s, But with Jokes
Jul 16 - Erin Bartnett

A Death Reverberates Through Two Marriages in “Late in the Day”
Jun 27 - Erin Bartnett

Karen Russell’s Oddly Hopeful Stories of Ghosts, Dead Bodies, Devils, and Disasters
Jun 6 - Erin Bartnett

Great Authors’ Letters to Their Long-Suffering Moms
May 10 - Erin Bartnett

What If Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy Were a Teenage Steampunk Vampire Platypus?
Apr 24 - Erin Bartnett

Jen Beagin Counters the BS of Who You’re Supposed to Be in Your 20s
Feb 27 - Erin Bartnett

14 Books to Help You Deal with Millennial Burnout
Jan 8 - Erin Bartnett

Michael Chabon’s Advice to Young Writers: Put Away Your Phone
Dec 19 - Erin Bartnett

As a Writer, You’re Already Dead
Dec 17 - Erin Bartnett

Deborah Eisenberg on the Best Way to Read a Short Story Collection
Nov 26 - Erin Bartnett

‘Those Who Knew’ Explores How Silence Helps Powerful Men Get Away with Abuse
Nov 8 - Erin Bartnett

11 Funny Horror Movies to Watch with the Wimp You Love
Oct 31 - Erin Bartnett

Long Live the Goth-esque Novel
Oct 22 - Erin Bartnett

‘Heartbreaker’ is a Haunting ‘80s Cult Novel about Love
Oct 16 - Erin Bartnett

Why Buying Books Will Not Save Our Beloved Bookstores
Oct 11 - Erin Bartnett

Your Favorite Children’s Book Heroes: Where Are They Now?
Oct 5 - Erin Bartnett

Electric Literature’s ‘5 Over 35’ Prove You Don’t Have to Be a Prodigy to Publish
Sep 25 - Erin Bartnett

12 Authors Who Are Actually Making Twitter Good
Sep 21 - Erin Bartnett

The 10 Weirdest Places Shakespeare Plays Have Been Performed
Sep 14 - Erin Bartnett

In 100 Years, This Forest Will Be Turned Into Secret Books By Your Favorite Writers
Sep 7 - Erin Bartnett

The 8 Most Hellish Schools in Fiction
Aug 31 - Erin Bartnett

Roxane Gay on the Trauma and Triumph of the Haitian Diaspora
Aug 28 - Erin Bartnett

Misogynistic Dystopias, Ranked By How Likely They Are in Real Life
Aug 24 - Erin Bartnett

Young Adult Novel Twitter Is Losing Its Absolute Mind Over Penis-Shaped Soap
Aug 15 - Erin Bartnett

10 Animals Who Have Broken Into the Library
Aug 14 - Erin Bartnett

Reading a Book Takes Time—Deal With It
Aug 13 - Erin Bartnett

This Twitter Thread Collects the Best Overlooked Books of the Last Ten Years
Jul 31 - Erin Bartnett

Science Says Reading a Book Makes You a Better Friend
Jul 27 - Erin Bartnett

10 Fairy Tale Retellings That Are Deeper, Darker, and Sexier Than the Originals
Jul 25 - Erin Bartnett

Radio Dramas Aren’t Just for the 1930s Anymore
Jul 17 - Erin Bartnett

Saoirse Ronan is the Queen of Book-to-Film Adaptations
Jul 6 - Erin Bartnett

10 Unpleasantly Plausible Books About Dystopian America
Jul 4 - Erin Bartnett

Literary Nonprofits Using Books to Make a Difference
Jun 21 - Erin Bartnett

Here Are the Books Every Recent Graduate Really Needs to Read
Jun 15 - Erin Bartnett

Lauren Groff on Climate Change and Ugly Feelings
Jun 13 - Erin Bartnett

Celebrate Grifter Season With These 9 Literary Scammers
Jun 11 - Erin Bartnett

9 Weird Literary Relics People Spent Serious Money On
Jun 1 - Erin Bartnett

Are Conservative Titles Using Shady Tricks to Get Onto the Bestseller List?
May 25 - Erin Bartnett

Researchers Have Found Two New Pages in Anne Frank’s Diary. Should We Read Them?
May 18 - Erin Bartnett

10 New Books About the Messiness of Motherhood
May 11 - Erin Bartnett

7 Books That Prove Small Talk is a Big Deal
May 8 - Erin Bartnett

The Book That Helped Crack a Decades-Old Murder Case
Apr 26 - Erin Bartnett

We Asked Google’s New Book-Based Artificial Intelligence About the Meaning of Life
Apr 24 - Erin Bartnett

PEN America‘s New Guide Recognizes Online Harassment as a Threat to Free Speech
Apr 20 - Erin Bartnett

What Are the Rules for Lending Your Books to Friends?
Apr 12 - Erin Bartnett

Please Stop Peeing in Walden Pond
Apr 6 - Erin Bartnett

The Best Thing About Celebrity Novels Is Scathingly Bad Reviews
Mar 30 - Erin Bartnett

Ursula K. Le Guin‘s Folk/Electronica Album Can Teach Us a Lot About Storytelling
Mar 28 - Erin Bartnett

What Is the Point of Literary Awards?
Mar 23 - Erin Bartnett

8 Books About Witches and Spirits That Will Bring Magic to Your Life
Mar 21 - Erin Bartnett

In Honor of the School Walkout, Here Are 8 Books About Young People Making Political Change
Mar 16 - Erin Bartnett

8 Books About Our New Robot Overlords
Mar 14 - Erin Bartnett

7 Fictional Books About Political Corruption To Help You Cope With the News
Mar 9 - Erin Bartnett

Sylvia Plath, Nella Larsen, and Charlotte Brontë Finally Get New York Times Obits
Mar 8 - Erin Bartnett

Jill Soloway is a Celebrity Publisher We Can Actually Get Excited About
Mar 2 - Erin Bartnett
