Little VVomen
little women meets the VVitch by Shipwrecked.
The Buffoonery of White Supremacy Trying to Disguise Itself as Literature
Critics were quick to comment on the spectacle’s surreal atmosphere of cosplay. New York Times fashion correspondent Vanessa Friedman observed of the insurrectionists’ sartorial choices that they smacked of a…
9 Books About Being Unemployed and Underemployed – Electric Literature
Elizabeth Gonzalez James, author of "Mona at Sea," recommends stories about struggling under capitalism. {read}
Writers Confront Climate Crisis
Writers Rebel NYC, a coalition of writers who are part of the activist group Extinction Rebellion, seeks to encourage conversation and action around climate change through literature.
“Frog and Toad”: An Amphibious Celebration of Same-Sex Love
A series of illustrated children’s books endures as a classic. Was it also the author’s attempt to come out? {read}
creativity, the illusion of originality, and when is something really plagiarism
I happened to listen to these two podcast back to back and I think they are actually great companion episodes. They are about creativity, the illusion of originality, and when…
Emily Wilson talks about translating ‘The Odyssey’
Maybe now, after all the media coverage of my work, interviewers might finally start asking cisgender men about how gender impacts their work. It would be about time
Public Domain Class of 2018
top pick of artists and writers whose works will, on 1st January 2018, enter the public domain in many countries around the world. Of the eleven featured, seven will be…
The 7 Scariest Little Girls in Literature
What makes the scary little girl so sensational? Films, especially, come back to the vacant-eyed and terrifying child again and again: from Wednesday Addams to the Shining twins, they stare…
Neil deGrasse Tyson Selects the Eight Books Every Intelligent Person on the Planet Should Read
How to “glean profound insight into most of what has driven the history of the western world.”