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Valerie Michael

Valerie Michael is a book-ish, outdoors-y, burger-eating, beer-drinking scientist from Pittsburgh, PA. She is obsessed with books and hiking in equal measure and she’d be happy to show you pictures on her iPhone of her two dogs. Follow her on Twitter @valeriexcm.

A 9/11 Reading List

As we remember the devastating events of September 11th, 2001 on the 14th anniversary of the attacks, I, along with fellow ...

A Response to the UNC Student Calling Lit of 9/11 “Sympathetic to Terrorism”

Yesterday morning I read that a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is objecting to a course ...

Podcasts Hosted by Authors

I love listening to podcasts and audiobooks while I walk my dogs and commute to work. Once I am all ...

Books to Read After Jon Krakauer’s MISSOULA

Narrative non-fiction writer Jon Krakauer’s newest book Missoula investigates the small college town of Missoula, Montana where 350 sexual assaults were reported ...

What To Read If You Loved AMERICANAH

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

Thoughts on the A WALK IN THE WOODS Movie Trailer

A little context: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail was published in 1998 and tells ...

My Highly Sophisticated Post-It Note Diversity Check

Here on Book Riot we talk a lot about diversity and inclusivity in books. As a reader I feel that ...

Every Reader Needs a Secret Coven

This is a guest post from Valerie Michael. Valerie is a book-ish, outdoors-y, burger-eating, beer-drinking scientist from Pittsburgh, PA. She ...

What To Read If You Loved AMERICANAH

This is a guest post from Valerie Michael. Valerie is a book-ish, outdoors-y, burger-eating, beer-drinking scientist from Pittsburgh, PA. She ...