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Zines are short pieces of printed literature that can be made at home using printer paper that is then folded into a little booklet. You can put anything you want in a zine as long as you can put it on paper. Think pamphlets or small booklets you find at...
If you’re an avid reader, you might have realized that fantasy short stories are hard to come by. That’s because fantasy as a genre is extremely hard to do in the short story format due to how many rules the writer has to establish and how complicated the rules are. ...
People have long banned books because of sexual content, differing ideologies, and critiques of the government or religion. I can get past banning a book from schools because of things like sexual content that may be inappropriate for young children but for having a different ideology than what you believe...
Some people do not consider listening to audiobooks to be the same as reading from a physical book, but the benefits of reading a book, i.e., enriching your mind, introducing you to new vocabulary, giving a creative outlet, etc., are possible when you read and when you listen. Traditional books...
Hanya Yanagihara’s “A Little Life” has a reputation that precedes it. It is an emotionally devastating novel that leaves readers shattered. Everyone who has read this book seems to issue a warning to those who want to read it. For me, I have been told that everything bad that could...
The major publishing houses have a monopoly over the voices that get amplified and the stories that get told. That goes for book publishing houses like Penguin Random House as well as short-form content publishing houses like The New Yorker, where a writer has to be invited to be published....
It’s always fun to watch a movie adaptation of a book you’ve read before and compare it to what you had imagined while originally reading. Sometimes, a movie elevates what I imagined, but not all books need a movie adaptation. A well-done adaptation can bring your vivid imagination to life....
The 2010s nostalgia craze might be coming back earlier than expected. “Sunrise On the Reaping,” a new installment in “The Hunger Games” series, was released on Tuesday, March 18, adding yet another prequel to the franchise’s expanding universe. Author Suzanne Collins’s fifth book in the franchise, “Sunrise On The Reaping,”...
Some books hit you like a ton of bricks and leave a mark on you forever. The kind of books you still think about for weeks or even years later. In my case, I have Madeline Miller, M.L. Rio, and V.E. Schwab to thank for enlightening me with the power...
Are you looking for ways to be a better ally, neighbor, and friend for the BIPOC people in your community? There’s never a better time than the present to work on educating yourself about Black history and the ways racism, colonization, and slavery have impacted everything from the goods we...
Rie Kudan or Rie Qudan revealed that her novel, which won Japan’s highest literary award for its story about futuristic Tokyo, in which generative AI is everywhere, is 5% AI. Kudan’s book, “Tokyo-to Dojo-to” (Tokyo Sympathy Tower), is about an architect designing a high-rise prison tower in a near-future Tokyo....
What makes a “classic” novel such as “The Great Gatsby,” “The Catcher in the Rye,” and “To Kill a Mockingbird”? A classic novel must be able to stand the test of time with its complex characters and themes. It must remain relevant across different eras and continue to be read...
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