What Can Women do? Pretty Much Anything: ‘Wonder Women’
"We have to get the stories of these women out into the world. Because representation matters."
Catherine Ramsdell
‘Post Grad’ Takes a Hard, Honest Look at Life After College
Many recent grads will appreciate knowing that they aren’t the only ones struggling after graduating college.
Imagine a World of Trees — Without Us
Bloomsbury's Object Lessons' installment, Tree, brings to the fore our complicated relationship with this life form.
J.D. Wilkes Puts the American South’s Contradictions Up for Reconsideration
A novel that believes monsters are “as much a part of us as our penchant for fried chicken and turnip greens.”
Science, Creativity, and Imagination (and the Earth)
Earth partners something even more unlikely than pumpkin and coffee or Nutella and bacon: an English professor and a planetary scientist.
Is the Author Gaming Hitchcock? or Is He Getting Gamed by Hitchcock?
“Often when I watch a Hitchcock film in this too-close manner... I am exhausted by the strain of so much scrutinizing… my task has turned me into a freak!”
‘The City Baker’s Guide to County Living’ Is as Warm as Apple Pie
Pies are not as simple as they seem.
Prepare to Be Logofascinated by Paul Anthony Jones’ ‘Word Drops’
What conversation wouldn’t be improved by the inclusion of the word kummerspeck, which is defined as “excess weight gained through comfort eating” but literally means “bacon-grief”?
What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions?
Vinciane Despret blends science with story to give readers new ways to think about animals and our relationships with them.
A Smart But Brief Look at the Undervalued Half of the World’s Population
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner? is a sharply written book on economics for people who aren't economists.
Who Doesn’t Love the Smell of New Book?
"The sensual experience of reading still exerts its hold on us, as does the desire to represent and display our knowledge, attitudes, and passions on our bookshelves."
The British Library’s Delightful Anthologies of Cats and Dogs in Literature
These charming books include some of the most famous (and infamous) dogs and cats known in literature, along with some lesser known tales and poems.