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A Personal History in Queer Lit

Books that influenced me as a queer person.

Anatomy of a Scene: Jane Eyre’s Red Room

How three adaptations of Jane Eyre have handled the book's famous Red Room scene.

The Definitive Guide to Picking Up Women at a Bookstore

First, walk up to the bookstore clerk and say, “Hello, can you direct me to Toni Morrison.”

No One Wants To Read A “Healthy” Love Story

A Rioter insists that great love stories are usually a little, or a lot, messed up.

And I’d Do It Again: Books We Wish We Could Read Again for the First Time

What books do you wish you could read again for the first time?

I Wish You Did Not Think Me a Woman: Prejudice and Charlotte Brontë

On Charlotte Bronte's birthday, guest Rioter Patricia Park considers the prejudices the author faced because of her gender.

Ripe For Some Queering: LGBTQ Plots For the Classics

Adapting the stories of classic literature to include LGBT characters and themes.

If Literary Characters were Lifestyle Bloggers

In which we imagine what it would be like if seven literary characters had their own lifestyle blogs...

Five Thoughts on a First Ever Reading of Jane Eyre

A few years ago, I wrote a silly post about literary confessions — one of which was that I frequently ...

20 Amazing Soundtracks & Songs from Movies Based on Books

A soundtrack can make or break a movie in the same way that acting, a script, or the production style ...