#Chad Harbach

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read In November

Check out this round up of best books of November courtesy of our Riot contributors.

Back to School: 10 Books For Reliving Those College Days

It is that time of year when our local stores are running Back to School sales on everything from pencils ...

Grading MFA VS. NYC, Essay by Essay

[buyandread isbn=”0865478139″ linkshare=”https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/mfa-vs-nyc”] When I first heard about MFA vs NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction, I thought to ...

Reading List for the Dog Days of Summer

Here we are, the dog days. Doesn’t August just seem interminable? If it were up to me, we’d all count ...

Covering the Bases: Two Rioters Debate THE ART OF FIELDING

If you’re like me, your first reaction when someone doesn’t love a novel you loved is to get defensive. But ...

The Short, Sweet Side of E-Reading

If you own an ereader, chances are you’ve blown your monthly (weekly?) book budget more than once on impulse ebook ...

How To Be a Discerning Reader

To me, one of more difficult things about being a reader is explaining why I didn’t like a novel without ...

The Top Six Baseball Novels

Hope springs eternal! Happy Opening Day! Baseball’s summer-long march to the Fall Classic begins today, and to celebrate and get ...

12 Literary Predictions for 2012

Here’s how I see this literary year going down. Tell me if you disagree. January — The first literary mystery ...

Best Books of 2011: Highs and Lows

I love this time of year. Not just for the holiday festivities, but for all the year-end “Best of…” lists. ...