the book slut

“I was ashamed of the idea that I could escape her, even of wanting to.” I watched White Oleander almost religiously in high school so I...

As a writer, I am more often reading to encounter wonderful prose than I am to be transported and/or entertained. My criteria is simple:...

A Room Called Earth felt like a perfect summer’s evening. You’ve spent the day at the beach, it’s been sweaty and salty but you’ve soaked...

TW: sex, sexual assault “Woah, are you okay?” or a discombobulated rearranging of those words are what I remember most about the night I...

“But, goddamn, growing up sure can look like madness.”

“What is the legacy and the future of Africa and the African Diaspora?” Any long time reader of science fiction and fantasy in English...

I should’ve known Elena Ferrante would write the book that made me remember those searing, clawing, self-loathing inner thoughts...

I'm a not die-hard fan of Kid Cudi, but one song that I can listen to on repeat is "Pursuit of Happiness." Reading Writers & Lovers, I...