Israeli American, queer, chronically ill, and forever reading, Ilana Masad is a book critic and fiction writer. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, Tin House, McSweeney's, Joyland Magazine, and more. She is the founder and host of The Other Stories, a podcast that features new, emerging, and established fiction writers. Twitter: @ilanaslightly Blog: Slightly Ignorant
Book recommendations for Westworld's Dolores Abernathy!
We all know moving is stressful. In fact, it's one of the most stressful activities of modern life. I recommend 4 books, fiction and non, for the occasion.
Queerness. What is it? A lifestyle? A movement? A sexual orientation? An offensive term reclaimed? All those and more?
Lincoln, Nebraska: land of great literary tourism.
Every LITTLE WOMEN adaptation that comes out, I wonder whether this time I'll watch it. And while I've stopped being an adaptation snob, this is still NOPE.
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Many of us already *feel* like reading is good for your mental health - but is it? Science says it is, and we give some examples.
Learn about Writopia Lab, a space where children and teens can take writing workshops in all genres.
Get info about Roxane Gay's book tour for her memoir, Hunger.