Books
Judy Blume Saved My Life
Her books gave me the courage to run away from my dysfunctional home and find a better life for myself.
What Osama bin Laden's Book Shelf Tells Us About the War for Our Minds
America wants to turn Osama bin Laden from a vague avatar of Evil into a human being.
What the Hell Is a 'Hot Feminist'?
A new book released today suggests that there are still hidden traps for any feminist who likes pink, being thin, fashion, getting her muff waxed and blokes. It's nonsense.
Osama Bin Laden Loved Reading Conspiracy Theories and Noam Chomsky Books
A recently declassified partial list of materials seized in the raid that killed the terrorist leader reveals some of his preoccupations.
Sara Nović Takes You to the Front Lines of Croatia's Civil War in Her Novel, 'Girl at War'
We met the author to talk about her dark debut novel, which is about a girl caught up in war-torn Yugoslavia. We also discussed her blog, Redeafined, which gives a voice to issues faced by the deaf.
The Woman Who Woke Up in the Future
Naomi Jacobs went to bed a 32-year-old woman and woke up believing she was a teenager again. After temporarily losing 17 years of memories from a rare form of amnesia, Jacobs wrote a memoir about piecing her life back together.
Of the Top Ten Books Americans Want Banned, Eight Feature Diversity
To grapple with why so many Americans are bent on banning books that have non-white or LGBTQ characters, I spoke with the manager of the reader services department of the New York Public Library.
'Making Maxine's Baby' Features Medusa, Leatherface and Dante as a Female Hobo
In Caroline Hagood's latest book, a rich New Yorker gives up modern life to live in the subway tunnels.
'Cum For Bigfoot': The Rise, Fall and Future of Monster Erotica
Following 2014's "EroticaGate", sex-with-monsters books are still going strong.
Looking Back at My Grandmother's Erotic Novels
Heidi Julavits's new short story is a collage of sentences taken from smutty books she found in her grandmothers collection of smutty books in the 1970s.
'Monopoly' Was Invented by an Anti-Capitalist Feminist Poet
The history behind 'Monopoly' is full of lies and lawsuits, obviously.
Could a Harry Potter Fan Fiction Author Be Spearheading the New Dianetics?
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is not your average piece of fanfiction. Written by AI specialist Eliezer Yudkowsky, the story has commanded a sprawling, cult-like international fanbase with its message of rational thinking.