Book Buzz

[ad_1] My partner Julia owns a 1965 paperback edition of Hemmingway’s A Moveable Feast. It lives on our bookshelf in a special section, asleep atop Dickens, Faulkner, and Allan Sichel’s The Penguin Book of Wines. It is creased and cracked, the back hangs on by a quarter-inch of yellowing paper, and a dog’s ear adorns … Read more

[ad_1] It’s June, dear friends, which means the days are the longest they’re going to be on this hemisphere—more daylight for reading some of the wonderful books we’re eager to share with you this month! From bittersweet coming-of-age stories and family sagas full of secrets (like Jean Kyoung Frazier’s Pizza Girl and Brit Bennett’s The … Read more

[ad_1] This video was filmed in May, before George Floyd’s brutal murder by the police. Watching it is surreal, seeing how we were primarily concerned with the pandemic and now, we’re outraged by the racism that runs rampant through our country and the world. We recognize our privilege in being infuriated by current events instead … Read more

[ad_1] When the three of us started The LadyGang, we never set out to create an insanely powerful community of women all around the world. This family of ladies kind of blossomed on its own, and has become such a valuable support system for so many women. And when there’s a lot of darkness in the world … Read more

[ad_1] Tor.com is thrilled to reprint “Undine Love” by Kathleen Jennings, which first appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine in 2011. In the words of the author: “Undine Love” started as a symptom of reading Gothic fiction (as in, actual Gothic fiction written in the late 1700s and early 1800s, with people being dragged off … Read more

[ad_1] In the wake of George Floyd’s death, and the other brutal murders of Black people, including Breonna Taylor, David McAtee, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and more, there have been many antiracist books circulating around social media. These reads are vital to learning about the Black experience of the past and present, and the racism … Read more

[ad_1] Joining a boyband gave Tyler everything he ever dreamed of. A close-knit group of friends, the chance to model a beautiful masculinity, and a vocal implant that lets him sing even better than he did before transitioning. But deep on tour, Tyler realizes he wants more from one of his bandmates, yearns for a … Read more

[ad_1] In recent weeks, I found myself turning away from fiction. How could I justify escaping into a novel when so many urgent issues deserve my attention, and my action? Eventually, though, I realized a distinction exists between avoidance and restoration. I discovered that if I allow myself a brief respite with a good book, … Read more

[ad_1] It’s time to plan your summer reading list and think about where you will be enjoying your new book picks. We all know that readers actually dwell in the pages of their favorite books, but where you read says more about you than the titles you choose. Your reading style is uniquely you and … Read more

[ad_1] Oh, Sally Rooney, whatever is psychologically wrong with you is wrong with us all. There is something raw and uncomfortable about the love stories Sally Rooney tells that makes them addictive. Her heroines tend towards the chilly, aloof and abstract—maybe we wish we could all play it that close to the vest—but I love … Read more