Rachel Carson on Writing and the Loneliness of Creative Work
Many of the titans of literature have left, alongside a body of work that models powerful writing, abiding advice on the craft that examines the source of that power. Unrivaled…
5 Tips For Talking to Your Definitely Not Racist Family on Thanksgiving
November 17, 2017 | Michael Conti If the thought of Thanksgiving dinner conversation is already giving you the sweats – we got you. It’s hard enough trying to remember what not to talk…
Top 25 Women Horror Writers You Probably Haven’t Heard Of (But Should Know)
Before I dive into the list of some of the more under-recognized women on this list, I will say that there are several women who have made contributions to the…
100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels By Female Authors
Nikki VanRyMay 2, 2016 Ready for your TBR list to explode? I’ve gathered the 100 best sci-fi fantasy novels by female authors and there is sooooo much reading goodness to…
Free: Download 5.3 Million Images from Books Published Over Last 500 Years
Rather than using optical character recognition (OCR), as most digitization software does to scan only the text of books, Leetaru’s code reversed the process, extracting the images the Internet Archive’s…
Neighborhood lockdown after officer’s shooting is troubling, civil liberties lawyers say
Civil Liberties lawyers today joined the chorus of concern over isolating a neighborhood and restricting the movements of residents in the name of searching for a cop killer. “We are…
The Paper-Flower Tree: An Illustrated Ode to the Courage of Withstanding Cynicism and the Generative Power of the Affectionate Imagination
Much of what makes the story so wonderful is the magical realism of this deliberate interpolation between reality and make-belief — the characters themselves dip in and out of the…
Chicago Welcomes Its First Art Book Fair
The inaugural Chicago Art Book Fair, dedicated to small press arts publishing, is set in an unexpected swanky setting.
The Open Letter That Latina Farmworkers Wrote About Hollywood and Sexual Assault
Editor’s Note — The following open letter from the Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, first published on Friday by TIME, was written in support of the November 12 Take Back the…