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Mel Ann Rosenthal
Dec 9, 20216 min read
It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
I’ve often judged songs by how quickly they raise a line of goosebumps up my arm, or how reliably a chorus line or a high note creates a...
Lucy Wadelton
Nov 23, 20214 min read
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
“Men don’t have to pay attention the way we do. Men die because they make mistakes. Women? We die because we’re female.” Grady Hendrix...
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Nov 14, 20212 min read
Friday Book Debrief Vol 61
A slew of books being read around the globe. Plus, two emerging fans of Nightbitch.
Mel Ann Rosenthal
Nov 8, 202111 min read
In Conversation with Liv Stratman
"When I was a child I spent hours alone in my room creating elaborate psychodramas for my Calico Critters."
Mel Ann Rosenthal
Nov 8, 20219 min read
Cheat Day by Liv Stratman
Dieting is, regardless of any potential health benefits, a business. Worth an estimated $71 billion, it targets the insecurities in us...
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Oct 29, 20213 min read
Friday Book Debrief Vol 60
HELLO HELLO we've been quiet, but we'll be posting regularly again soon! Here's what our writers have been reading in the meantime. As...
Lucy Wadelton
Sep 21, 20215 min read
Mercury Boys by Chandra Prasad
Mercury Boys follows fish-out-of-water, 16-year-old Saskia, who has arrived in Coventon on the back of her mother’s infidelity.
Maggie Briana Chidester
Sep 14, 20214 min read
America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibilities by Rajika Bhandari
Around 1.1 million foreign students were enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities across America from 2019-2020. This was a decrease of...
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Sep 4, 20213 min read
Friday Book Debrief Vol 59
HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...
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Aug 31, 20214 min read
Six Provocative Novels about Abortion
This post written by author Jaye Viner as a guest of The Book Slut.
Courtney Dyer
Aug 23, 20214 min read
SMALl JOYS OF REAL LIFE BY ALLEE RICHARDS
Clad in millennial pink, this book is highly deceptive. I expected stupid decisions and self deprecation but instead I was met with a...
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Aug 13, 20214 min read
Friday Book Debrief Vol 58
HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...
Mel Ann Rosenthal
Aug 4, 20215 min read
In Conversation with Marcie Maxfield
"It’s a reminder to women to pursue their own dreams even as they support the goals of their partner and family."
Mel Ann Rosenthal
Aug 4, 20217 min read
Em's Awful Good Fortune by Marcie Maxfield
With one foot in the past and one in the present, Marcie Maxfield compiled a stunner of a novel. As the narrator, Em, embraces and...
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Jul 30, 20213 min read
Friday Book Debrief Vol 57
HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...
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Jul 23, 20213 min read
Friday Book Debrief Vol 56
HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...
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Jul 19, 20213 min read
Friday Book Debrief Vol 55
HELLO HELLO Friday* is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...
Courtney Dyer
Jul 15, 20215 min read
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales
Perfect On Paper made my heart TRULY fucking sing. Let’s just start there. This book brought me pure pure joy and while I might not have...
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Jul 14, 202110 min read
Our Most Anticipated Books of the rest of 2021
We've somehow hit the second half of 2021 and there's a slew of new books to be excited about! They cover debuts, popular author...
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Jul 10, 20213 min read
Friday Book Debrief vol 54
This week; Melissa Febos, Nadia Owusu, Andrew Solomon, Jean Kwok, Aminatta Forna, Emma Cline, Samantha Downing, TJ Newman & Elizabeth Little
Courtney Dyer
Jul 7, 20214 min read
Loving Lizzie March by Susannah Hardy
Loving Lizzie March is a brightly pink clad novel about a misguided woman’s fervent search for The One. When Lizzie is sure she has found...
Jessica Maria
Jul 5, 20214 min read
Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung
The story follows a young woman’s grief journey—vacillating between different time periods, excavating memories, bringing on key witnesses.
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Jul 2, 20214 min read
Friday Book Debrief Vol 53
HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...
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