Celebrating Really Bad Books
Sure, we could spend all day reading excellent literature. But there's something so fun about reading something really, really bad.
Sure, we could spend all day reading excellent literature. But there's something so fun about reading something really, really bad.
What's missing from the National Book Foundation's recently-released longlist for Nonfiction? Fun and enjoyment, says one reader.
A Rioter responds to the unearthing of Kurt Vonnegut's previously unpublished short story, "The Drone King," and recalls other works published posthumously.
The literary world has a different approach to white and POC female writers. A double standard is in place with recent events.
"We have reviewed Hillary to death. We did it for decades---told her what to wear, how to walk..." Why one reader will not be reviewing WHAT HAPPENED.
Spoiler alert! How the sole female character Beverly is made into a utility of male desire in the new film adaptation of Stephen King's IT.
A librarian calls for more open discussion of security and safety in public libraries after the New Mexico library shooting.
Author Maggie Thrash on why attending the Nazi beer-pong high school helped make her a satirist.
An introduction to the PULP! THE CLASSICS series and how they'll entice new readers.
There's a different sort of postmodernism reflected in Paul Auster's NEW YORK TRILOGY. It's a detective novel unlike any other.
If a fairy-story immortalises, like a glass coffin, Byatt's unlocking of the Grimm's fairy tale is empowering, emancipating, and makes so much more sense.
A Rioter unpacks the experience of reading short stories--the joy and finality that comes with it--through Haruki Murakami's THE STRANGE LIBRARY.
The Modern Library's list of the 100 Best Novels is almost entirely white male American and British authors. Let's read more widely.
Why the new iterations of "the next Gone Girl" are pretty bad.
Trinity syndrome, silly twists, and more bookish tropes we don't want to see any more.
