Jaime Herndon

Jaime Herndon finished her MFA in nonfiction writing at Columbia, after leaving a life of psychosocial oncology and maternal-child health work. She is a writer, editor, and book reviewer who drinks way too much coffee. She is a new-ish mom, so the coffee comes in extra handy. Twitter: @IvyTarHeelJaime

Jo March Have I Loved: On Identifying With Fictional Women

Reading has always been an escape for me, as I imagine it is for most readers. As such, I used ...

UNC Vs. Duke: Book Recs For Basketball Rivals

For those of you who don’t keep up with college basketball, we’ve finished with Rivalry Week. I only cared about one ...

What Does Your Favorite Book Say About You?

Valentine’s Day is coming up, and for single people like myself, we can find ourselves fielding questions or comments from ...

How Do You Fight a Book Slump?

I love books, obviously. I am always carrying a book with me, and I love the $1 and $2 carts ...

On Finding a New Definition of “Classic” Literature

It’s that time of year…the time when I look over what I’ve read, and realize just how many books I ...

Best Books About Writing

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...

Why I AM Participating in the Goodreads Reading Challenge in 2015

Jessica wrote a great post about not participating in the Goodreads Reading Challenge, and I can identify with a lot ...

Written on the Skin: On Literary Tattoos

Tattoos can tell you a lot about a person. I like to think of them as stories of people’s lives ...

5 Favorite Feminist Books

Feminism. The “other” F-word. And now, apparently, it has shown up on Time Magazine’s list of words we should ban ...

Rediscovering Virginia Woolf

I don’t remember the first time I heard of Virginia Woolf, nor do I remember when I decided to read ...

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