Books
6 Rad Poets to Read This National Poetry Month
You should savor the work of these great contemporary poets this month and every month hereafter.
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The Woke Generation: “Muslim Girl” Author Explains How Millennials Are Shaking the Country up—in a Good Way
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh is a mover and shaker.
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When #MeToo Was a Blank Canvas: Joy McCullough Wants Teens to Know About Artemisia Gentileschi
Joy McCullough’s novel Blood Water Paint offers a stunning portrait of the painter Artemisia Gentileschi.
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Abby Maslin’s Personal Tragedy Turned Her Marriage into a Mission
In 2012, Abby Maslin’s husband was randomly assaulted with a baseball bat after a night out with friends.
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Piece of Cake: Helen Oyeyemi’s "Gingerbread" Is a Delightful Feast
Helen Oyeyemi’s new novel, Gingerbread, takes on the deeper question behind Hansel and Gretel’s story.
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Let It All Out: Laurie Halse Anderson on #MeToo and the Journey from "speak" to "SHOUT"
In 1999, author Laurie Halse Anderson told the story of her sexual assault in her radical, bestselling young-adult novel speak, and in doing so gave a generation of teens and young adults a vocabulary for consent and rape.
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Backtalk: YA’s Cancel Culture
This week, Dahlia and Amy dig into the world of YA drama. Recently, two YA authors have chosen to cancel their own debut novels after being called out by some readers for “problematic” issues in the text. Dahlia and Amy talk about the effects of a cancel culture that demands perfect art. Also, a... Read more »
Less Fear, More Queer: What’s Missing from a New Book on Sex, Shame, and Christianity
Shameless gives queer people little space to talk about their own visions of healthy, spiritual sexuality.
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Prodigal Daughter: Samantha Allen Shines a New Light on Queer Communities in Red States
Queer people are here—or there, as the case may be—and aren’t going away.
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When Faking It Is a Form of Self-Protection
For every op-ed lamenting the “death of the chase,” there’s a literary work that considers the nuanced realities of female sexual experience.
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