For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] An uncontrollable plague has left the city in ruins and trapped in perpetual quarantine. A thief hires a guide to lead him safely through the city’s many dangers to the one person who can give him the travel papers he needs to escape. It took him months to find the right guide. … Read more
[ad_1] Burning Worlds is Amy Brady’s monthly column dedicated to examining how contemporary literature interrogates issues of climate change, in partnership with Yale Climate Connections. Subscribe to her monthly newsletter to get “Burning Worlds” and other writing about art and climate change delivered straight to your inbox. Julie Carrick Dalton’s debut novel, Waiting for the Night Song, hums with … Read more
[ad_1] As much as I enjoy reading about two people falling in love, I am always intrigued by the relationships that exist outside a budding romance––the connection between a character and their family. I want to know the issues that complicate these relationships––perhaps a complex mother-daughter dynamic, meddling relatives, secrets, or unwavering cultural expectations. Whatever … Read more
[ad_1] On December 30, 1936, workers took over the General Motors factory in Flint, Michigan and held it for 44 days, facing down bosses, vigilantes, and police. Through their strike, workers won a living wage, better working conditions, and recognition of their union, the United Automobile Workers of America (the UAWA, later known as the … Read more
[ad_1] I spent a lot of time with my grandparents when I was young. They came over every day after school, and we shared family dinners with them twice a week. All I knew about them was that they were the most loving, gentle people on the planet, and that, because of their thick accents, … Read more
[ad_1] Was it really almost a year ago that Parasite won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, the last indisputably great thing to ever happen? Hard to believe, but it’s true. February is usually a time for letting loved ones know what they mean to us, but if it’s a little difficult to get that … Read more
[ad_1] Reading is an amazing way to stop thinking about yourself for five minutes or even more minutes, depending on how long you read. Since I’m sadly obsessed with myself, I’ve often taken pleasure in reading what both critics and fans alike are calling “books.” I’ve grown to love books so much that I even … Read more
[ad_1] 2020 was a year full of reckonings. For the publishing industry, it meant coming face to face with its continued failures to address a lack of diversity in their companies, and in their slates of authors. According to an Opinion column published in the New York Times entitled “Just How White is the Book … Read more
[ad_1] Ingrid Persaud’s debut novel, Love After Love, centers on Betty Ramdin, who, after her husband dies, invites a colleague, Mr. Chetan, to move in with her and her son, Solo. Over time, the three become a family, loving each other deeply and depending upon one another. Then, one fateful night, Solo overhears Betty confiding in … Read more
[ad_1] “My mother is forgetting, and there is nothing I can do about it. There is no way to make her remember the things she has done in the past, no way to baste her in guilt.” With this, we are thrust into the cruel, callous, complicated world of Avni Doshi’s Burnt Sugar, a world … Read more