Conflict number one: readers are capable of separating fiction from reality, AND books can have profound effects on real life.
Whether or not AI will ever be as good as a real person isn't the issue; we should be interrogating the real goal of AI use and its impact.
One reader explains why Shakespeare isn't fancy, and how a contextual understanding of his work proves that point.
There’s an old credo told to many writers: Write what you know. But writers as protagonists? That trope needs to go.
There’s a trend of posthumous editing of classic fiction to update the works to for contemporary audiences. But is this what should be done?
Reviews are a response to an art, so enjoying them AFTER finishing a book is a whole different experience.
The U.S. favors stories with a redemption arc, but who can be redeemed? Is just anyone allowed to redeem themselves, or is there more to it?
Spending any time online would lead you to believe there there's a right and wrong way to be a reader. How about we read and let read?
The past three years have been stressful: is it any wonder we're reaching for cozy mysteries, cozy fantasies, and light romances more now?
Roald Dahl was a hateful person who included that hate in his books. He doesn't deserve to be rehabilitated by sanitizing his words.