For The Book Obsessed
[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] Laurence Ralph is the author of The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence, out now on the University of Chicago Press. Growing up as an African American boy in the suburbs of Baltimore and Atlanta, I got a first-hand introduction to the politics of race and quickly learned that I should be afraid of … 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] There has been a contemporary movement, stirred by the unease and anxiety that is so prevalent in this stage of late capitalism, of books about women who are unhappily employed, lonely, self-loathing, and–this one’s important–often intoxicated. And Jean Kyoung Frazier’s Pizza Girl definitely fits into that category, joining novels like Halle Butler’s The New … 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] More Miracle Than Bird, Alice Miller’s debut novel, joins a spate of stories that imagine relationships between famous male artists and their wives. Paula McLain’s The Paris Wife (2011), Therese Anne Fowler’s Z (2013), and Whitney Sharer’s The Age of Light (2019) – to mention a few – all attempt to give depth 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