Derek Attig

Derek works in graduate student career development and is (believe it or not) one of the world's foremost experts on the history of bookmobiles. Follow Derek on Twitter @bookmobility and on Instagram @bookmobility.

Books to Read if You Love Marvel’s Agent Carter

What are some books to read if you like Marvel’s Agent Carter? Stay tuned (i.e., scroll down) to find out! ...

Books That Make Rad Last-Minute Gifts

Books make excellent gifts. They give you a chance to share a beloved experience with someone you care about. They’re often beautiful objects ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in July

Expand your literary horizons with New Books!, a weekly newsletter spotlighting 3-5 exciting new releases, hand-picked by our very own Liberty Hardy. Sign up ...

Poetry and Station Wagons: What Happens When Books Hit the Streets

Jeremiah Walton wants to “give art a good kick in the balls.” He wants to inspire us all to shout, ...

9 Striking Library Posters from the Great Depression

Starting in 1935, in the midst of the Great Depression, the federal government did something that might seem odd: it ...

Literary Pet Names: Canine Edition

While we at the Riot are taking this lovely summer week off to rest (translation: read by the pool/ocean/on our ...

Literary Pet Names: Canine Edition

About a year ago, I told the story of naming our first cat here on Book Riot: In telling the story, ...

Enviable Bookmobile Fashions

I’ve spent the past seven years researching bookmobiles. I’ve learned a lot in the process—facts, figures, stories, interpretations—but one thing ...

On Long Sentences

I love long sentences; ever since I moved beyond the Berenstain Bears, I’ve adored a sentence bristling with commas and ...

Introducing Dogebrarian

Libraries and library people are usually associated with cats more than dogs. Sure, therapy dogs are being used in libraries ...