A grasshopper walks into a bar and orders an instruction manual for reading poetry. The bartender, an ornery blue jay, eyes the crunchy-on-the-outside grasshopper hungrily, but decides to play nice. We’re sold out, he says, but I can... Read More

Executive Editor Matt Sutherland Interviews Gin Hammond, Author of Returning the Bones / Great books leave their mark in unforgettable scenes and ideas. And a few offer more than seems possible. In Gin Hammond’s Returning the Bones, we... Read More

Reviewer Sarah White Interviews Jessica Zucker, Author of Normalize It: Upending the Silence, Stigma, and Shame That Shape Women’s Lives / Clinical psychologist and author Dr. Jessica Zucker has a dream: That one day all of us will... Read More

It takes courage to put words to paper with the intention of seeing it through to a finished book. In essence, fledgling authors are seeking to join the company of Leo Tolstoy, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, and other giants, and... Read More

August is Women in Translation month, a time when we turn our focus to translated works written by women. Women are less likely to be published than men are, and VIDA: Women in Literary Arts can back that up. Some are vowing to read only... Read More

It’s soothing, it’s enraging, it’s melodic, it’s grating––it’s poetry. For an array of feelings all in one section, read any of the six poetry books below. Cenzontle Marcelo Hernandez Castillo BOA Editions Softcover $16.00... Read More

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) just held its 55th annual event at the Fiere Exhibition Center just a few blocks from the University of Bologna, considered to be the oldest university in the Western world (11th century). China... Read More

Everything we know about a story is told to us by the narrator. But what happens when you can’t trust the storyteller? The Girl on the Train is an example of an unreliable narrator. The movie, based on the Paula Hawkins novel, is in... Read More