Books
New YA Book "Great" is a Gender-Swapped Retelling of "The Great Gatsby"
Riffing off her high school love of The Great Gatsby, comedian Sara Benincasa penned a female-focused retelling for teens.
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Seven New Comics Hand-Picked for Their Greatness
The pile of great new comics next to my bed has gotten dangerously high. It’s seriously teetering and about to collapse on the cereal bowl that I should have moved days ago. The problem is that artists and small publishing houses have put out a bunch of excellent comics in the past few months—here... Read more »
Poets on Pop Culture: Three New Feminist Poetry Books that Deal With Reality TV, Shopping, and Rihanna
April is National Poetry Month, a perfect excuse to spend some time today reading some interesting new feminist poems.
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A Great Artist Kills His Wife—Now She's Just a Quirky Footnote in His History
Poet Joan Vollmer was killed by her husband, William S. Burroughs, before she even turned 30.
This year is the hundredth anniversary of the birth of celebrated novelist William S. Burroughs. The date, as centenaries do, occasioned new biographies and appreciations.
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Sex Work is Work: A Conversation with Melissa Gira Grant
Sex worker movements are intersectional movements by necessity.
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Women Make Up More than Half of Mystery Writers—But Get Criminally Few Reviews
I read a lot of crime fiction. Like many avid readers, I look back at the end of the year to see which books made the greatest impression on me and share my top 10 online. This year, I... Read more »
Everyone Deserves a Happy Ending: Seeking Romance Novels Featuring LGBTQ Characters
Recently, I talked with Indian-American romance novel author Suleikha Snyder about her work writing romance tales starring people of color. “Don’t... Read more »
Hot Under the Bonnet: The Cooptation of Amish Culture in Mass-Market Fiction
Dubbed “Amish romance novels,” “Amish fiction,” or the more waggish “bonnet rippers,” these novels just one entry point into the varying images of Amish communities in U.S. popular culture.
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My Challenge for 2014: Read 50 Books by Writers of Color
What do you do when you’ve already read everything by Octavia Butler? (photo from Cultural Front)
Last year, I decided to read 50 books by writers of color.
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Three Authors Discuss Their Favorite Romance Novels Featuring People of Color
For the week around Valentine’s Day, writer Jessica Luther is writing a series of three articles about gender, race, and sexuality in romance novels. ... Read more »
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