From its inception in the 1800s to the library and bookstore bookmobiles still operating today, here is the history of bookmobiles.
After her passing, we look at who Joan Didion was, her influence on the literary world, and more.
In a white and male- dominated classics genre, authors of color are starting to get off the sidelines, including this Filipina writer.
What is women's fiction? Where's all the "men's fiction"? We dive into the use and history of this term, and where the genre is going.
What is gaslamp fantasy? It's partially Victorian fantasy, but more than that, as its boundaries are blurred with other speculative genres.
Do you know what the first “official” YA book was? Here are a couple clues: it was written in 1942 and has been in print ever since.
Here's how the pandemic has affected book statistics for sales, readership, and kids' reading fluency over the last two years.
From majlis in the pre-Islamic Arab world to Gertrude Stein in Paris to Black Twitter, the literary salon has transformed, but it endures.
A reading list to better understand the current Russia-Ukraine conflict, from examinations of past conflicts to more current events.
Many credit a particular book with ushering in the Harlem Renaissance, especially as it related to literature. That book: Cane by Jean Toomer.
