Book Buzz

[ad_1] For a time, I tried really hard not to write a book set in New York. I remembered why I was so resistant when, the other day, I asked my mother what it had been like for her, moving to New York from the Midwest with my father a few years before I was … Read more

[ad_1] Kiley Reid earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was awarded the Truman Capote Fellowship and taught undergraduate creative writing workshops with a focus on race and class. Her short stories have been featured in Ploughshares, December, New South, and Lumina. Reid lives in Philadelphia. Such a Fun Age, Kiley’s debut novel, is an extremely important book. … Read more

[ad_1] Diving into The Damned by Renée Ahdieh this week? We’re here to give you a refresher on what happened in book 1, The Beautiful!     The Beautiful starts with Celine fleeing Paris, sailing to New Orleans with Pippa, her best friend, to live at a local convent. via GIPHY   Celine, by the way, is one … Read more

[ad_1] Social media. Two words that sometimes make us cringe. We might embrace it. We might try to ignore it. We might change the settings on our phones to black and white so we’re less tempted to look at it. But, no matter how we view social media, it’s here to stay. At least until … Read more

[ad_1] Abi Daré’s debut novel is the unforgettable, inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself. Read it Forward’s senior editor, Abbe Wright, spoke with Abi to learn more about the author’s … Read more

[ad_1] Reading isn’t always easy or enjoyable. Sometimes, it can be incredibly difficult to focus and engage with the text you’re trying to read, especially if your mind is elsewhere. Lately, on social media, I’ve been seeing a lot of people relate to this. They’re finding it hard to read during these strenuous times. I … Read more

[ad_1] We must admit: reading has happened in spurts for us over these difficult past few months. Sometimes, we read a lot (like all-the-time-can’t-put-a-book-down) and other times, we can barely read at all (seriously, where did our attention spans go?). But summer has us excited to read—maybe it’s the warm weather and sunshine that’s got … Read more

[ad_1]   June may be coming to an end, but we are looking forward to continuing to #ReadPrideAndBeyond all year long with upcoming spectacular 2020 reads. And we’re sharing an excerpt today from one of them! Stormbreak by Natalie C. Parker is the epic conclusion to the Seafire trilogy, applauded by Tor.com for celebrating “sisterhood and queernormativity in the … Read more

[ad_1] The stereotypic image of a book club, perpetuated by the 2018 movie starring Jane Fonda and Candice Bergen, involves women sipping chardonnay in front of a cheese plate gossiping about their love lives with the occasional reference to the book of the month. When wine can’t be shared and book clubs are more likely … Read more