For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] While many of us can agree that feminism isn’t a dirty word, women are still underrepresented in journalism, according to the Women’s Media Center, with women of color making up an even smaller minority, despite the fact that women make up 50% of the U.S. population, and people of color nearly 40%. The good … Read more
[ad_1] The Ides of March are upon us — the 15th to be exact — but here at the ChiRB we’re more about commemorating dates than “bewaring” them (or so advised the soothsayer in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar). You could spend the day with a hefty history book or biography of Caesar, but if those … Read more
[ad_1] Deb Olin Unferth’s new novel, Barn 8, comes in at least 300 parts. It is the story of the 300 (or so) people who descend on a farm to steal a million chickens, how those people and those chickens got there, and why. Unferth’s formal invention, always a central aspect of her work, is … Read more
[ad_1] It’s cover reveal time! Today, we are revealing not one, not two, but THREE stunning covers. Get ready to stack that TBR!! First up, we’re talking about Tochi Onyebuchi’s highly anticipated follow-up to WAR GIRLS. Are you ready for this? Prepare your eyes for the jaw-dropping cover that is REBEL SISTERS! REBEL SISTERS by Tochi Onyebuchi … Read more
[ad_1] Shakespeare’s plays have long been the gold standard of drama. Opening on scenes like witches toiling over brews, quarreling families, and a ghost sighting, the Shakespearean play starts late, right before the moment when his characters’ lives change. The building of momentum, decisions that doom fates, a hero’s solo journey as his control diminishes—as … Read more
[ad_1] Throughout my teenage years, I imagined that my twenties would bring me big city adventures, an interesting career, and a colorful cast of friends who would make me laugh and learn alongside me about things like wine and real relationships. For the most part, I got those things. I moved to New York, got … Read more
[ad_1] Lily King’s new novel, Writers & Lovers, is a glimpse into life as a female artist in 1990s Boston. The story is told by Casey, a debt-ridden waitress with a graduate degree who’s trying to finish the novel she’s been working on for six years. The recent death of her mother has left her … Read more
[ad_1] Abi Daré is the author of The Girl with the Louding Voice, a powerful debut novel about a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to fight for her dreams and choose her own future. Abi has been diving into books—fiction and nonfiction—that are inspiring, insightful, and emotional. … Read more
[ad_1] “What’s beautiful about the essay is you can resist the impulse to make the categories clean. You can make it muddy and fluid,” Jordan Kisner said in an interview with Rachel Z. Arndt from Publishers Weekly. And the fluidity of Kisner’s essays in her debut book, Thin Places, is arguably the most striking thing … Read more
[ad_1] Jane Austen died in 1817 at the age of forty-one and wrote six beloved novels in her tragically short life. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma were published during her lifetime. Shortly after she died, both Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published. Austen’s fans are everywhere, and a number of … Read more