#Lena Dunham

Why We Need Young Memoirists

In defense of young people writing memoirs.

Mother’s Little Helpers: The Timelessness of Valley of the Dolls

How does the 1966 novel of fame, money, and celebrity hold up in contemporary culture?

In Praise of the Literary Provocateur

On the value of writers who are willing to push the political and social envelope.

On Lena Dunham and Not Caring About Being “Literary”

Lena Dunham: she’s a polarizing person. Women, especially, seem to either love her or hate her; there doesn’t seem to ...

3 Books By Funny Women

Celebrity memoirs due out this fall by funny women from television: Danielle Fishel, Lena Dunham, and Amy Poehler.

Is Hannah Horvath a Believable Young Writer?

I know, I know, I know, I KNOW I just WROTE about Girls for Book Riot, like, yesterday (okay, not ...

A Tale of Two $3 Million Book Deals: Lena Dunham and Malala Yousafzai

Recently, it was announced that Malala Yousafzai (the 15 year old Pakistani teen who was shot by the Taliban in ...

2012 In Review, In Lists of Two

What a bookish year, eh?! Let’s break it down in easily digestible lists of two: Two Best Covers 1. The ...

Lena Dunham, In Context

The literary Twittersphere blew up (as it is wont to do) yesterday when Forbes published a piece by Helaine Olen ...

Good On You, Lena Dunham

Earlier this week, my fellow Rioter Cassandra reported on Lena Dunham’s $3.5 million book deal, asked, “is it worth it?” ...