It’s the very first week of National Poetry Month and we know you might be wondering — how should you celebrate? What collections should you be reading? Who should you be reading? As always, we’ve got you covered. Our Poured Over podcast has welcomed myriad poets to talk about everything from collections of verse to […]
The weather might be frightful, but these books sure are delightful (and even sometimes frightful … we’re looking at you Road of Bones). So grab a book and lounge by the fire to travel on a haunted highway across the frozen tundra of Siberia, embark on a dangerous quest inspired by One Thousand and One […]
As I take the time to sit back and look at 2022, the books I read, the books I’ve bought, and the goals I set, I’m also looking forward to 2023, to what I want the next year to look like and what I’d like to accomplish as a reader. 2022 was the first time […]
What if, instead of embarking on some spring cleaning, you settled in with a good book? The coming month brings us a mix of debuts and beloved authors that will make you think about life and people in a new way. Build your TBR Lists for March and sweep away your boredom with these brilliant titles.
A travelogue, a history, a quest, a warning and a call for a reckoning that the history of slavery is the history of our country, central and defining to who we we were and who we are, individually and collectively. In powerfully lyrical prose, Clint Smith challenges us to really learn our history, listen to our legacies, understand the recollections that “remain in the marrow of our bones,” that travel through time and generations. A tour de force that will keep you engaged long past the last page. Keep reading to hear from Smith about what made him decide to write the book and the impact symbols have.