Christine writes about books for Literary Hub, VICE, and the Ploughshares blog. She occasionally writes about other topics, because someone once told her (although it seemed implausible) that there’s life outside of books. Blog: https://www.christinero.com
From the military man who bores everyone to train hijinks, we've rounded up some tropes for a fun-filled game of annotated Agatha Christie bingo!
Plenty of novels are good at making you hungry or inspiring you to cook. Sometimes lavish food details are stuffed ...
While fictional, these books about slum evictions offer an eye-opening perspective on life in informal settlements without romanticizing it.
"These universes were separated by a wall, infinitely high, impermeable, a wall built out of fear and suspicion and even ... shame and embarrassment."
"The specter of Donald Trump is haunting American fiction."
People love quotes about love. But what if love for you isn’t a linear, shiny thing, but something more gnarled ...
We Can Save Us All is wonderfully unhinged. It follows a group of Princeton students as they’re inspired by a wealthy ...
The Women’s Atlas, now in its fifth edition, is a useful snapshot of women’s lives around the world. Authored ...
You wait ages for a women-centered space comic and then three come along at once. A two-week period has seen ...
I FEEL MACHINE is a new compilation of graphic short stories. Like BLACK MIRROR, which I'm contractually obligated to mention, this is a mixed bag.