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Feed Me, Seymour: A Round-Up of Recommended Food Writing

Last week, I asked for book recommendations to feed my need to read about food, cooking, and the eating life. ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best of What We Read in May

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

Giveaway: A Galactic Map of Dystopian Futures

There are so many rich, compelling dystopias in fiction that it can be a tough to keep them all straight. ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: May 29, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. _________________________ ...

WARNING: On YA, Ratings, and “Censorship”

The YA world is in an uproar over a recent study by BYU professor Sarah Coyne, featured in an article ...

The 42 Best Lines from Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series

Today is Towel Day, an annual commemoration of the life and work of Douglas Adams, which we're celebrating with the best Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy quotes.

Annie Dillard on The Writing Life

I don’t really know how these kinship trees work, but Annie Dillard is my third or fourth cousin twice or ...

Riot Recommendation: Food Writing

On the short list of Things I Love As Much as I Love Books, food takes one of the top ...

Five Reasons: Code Name Verity and The Night Watch

You don’t need five reasons to read Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein or The Night Watch by Sarah Waters. You only ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: May 22, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. _________________________ ...