#Our Reading Lives

"Don't join the fight against racism to liberate me and other Black people. Join the fight to liberate yourself."

LGBTQ+ Rioters talk about some of the queer books they've been enjoying, as well as the books that gave them space to explore queerness.

A reader recounts the joy of taking a break from online time to read paper ARCs in taking time to mourn the little things lost to pandemic for now.

Time in books has always had more freedom than time in the real world--or so we thought. An examination of the art of time in fiction and in life.

On books set in the rural middle of America and the powerful insights from AMERICAN HARVEST.

And to this day, I credit this experience as being one of the largest reasons why I prefer to read young adult books as an adult.

A reader remembers the pre-internet delights of following clues in a nostalgic series known as The Usborne Puzzle Adventures.

A reader and teacher on the educational philosophy she calls the Young Goodman Brown effect, named after the story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

A reader on rereading HARRIET THE SPY, considering it from a modern standpoint and applying its messages about making sense of the world.

How one reader found catharsis about growing up and embracing inner strength in both the book and adaptation of A WRINKLE IN TIME.

How one reader came to accept that it's okay to grow out of books, especially when the reading experience is emotionally connected to harder times.

How one Rioter first developed the inkling that she wanted to become a writer while daydreaming as a kid, and why she has reading to thank for it.

MFA student Chris M. Arnone took a freshman-level course, helped teach it, and learned more about YA books than he bargained for.

From heartwarming comics to poetry that makes you feel seen, here's one reader on the books that saw them through long hospital stays.