Steph Auteri is a journalist who has written for the Atlantic, the Washington Post, Pacific Standard, VICE, and elsewhere. Her more creative work has appeared in Creative Nonfiction, under the gum tree, Poets & Writers, and other publications, and she is the Essays Editor for Hippocampus Magazine. Her essay, "The Fear That Lives Next to My Heart," published in Southwest Review, was listed as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2021. She also writes bookish stuff here and at the Feminist Book Club, is the author of A Dirty Word, and is the founder of Guerrilla Sex Ed. When not working, she enjoys yoga, embroidery, singing, cat snuggling, and staring at the birds in her backyard feeder. You can learn more at stephauteri.com and follow her on Insta/Threads at @stephauteri.
Why we eat up memoirs about saying yes to every opportunity, but don't act on it it in our own lives.
Reading recommendations for books about well-meaning teachers.
Books for those interested in mindfulness and meditation.
Anna Dewdney, author of the Llama Llama books, has died.
Novels (and one memoir!) that capture what it's like to work on the internet.
Books that need to be made into movies (with our dream directors!)
Comics artists providing fun and informative sex ed!
So you've binge-watched Stranger Things? Here's what to read.
We're heading to Montclair, New Jersey to scope out the great bookish places.
Books for teaching your kids about the birds and the bees.