Post-World War I, experimental, absurdist, and counter cultural literature began publishing across the globe. Art movements like Dada had their literary counterparts in Europe and North America. In Mexico, two literary movements occurred simultaneously, Stridentism in Puebla City and Los Contemporáneos in Mexico City. Stridentism is a multidisciplinary movement that shares characteristics with Cubism, Dada, and Futurism. Inspired by the effects and context of the Mexican Revolution, Stridentism focused on action and the present, rather than dissecting past....

I sometimes find books with too little tension boring. So if the plot is low stakes, there needs to be something else to capture my attention. The best romances with low angst create compelling tales in other ways. I’m personally keen on gentle romances that include sex scenes, though I know they’re not for everyone. I also love lived-in worlds full of places you want to explore. Richly drawn characters you want to hang out with and get to know....

Twin sisters Sunshine and Margot are as different as chalk and cheese, but what they do have in common is a complete lack of luck when it comes to love. Emotionally stunted by a mother who dropped everything to follow boyfriend after boyfriend, the sisters have ever only had each other for support and to share a pint of post-heartache ice cream. When Margot, an etiquette specialist, is hired to work with Bianca, an icon from Hollywood’s Golden Age with romantic entanglements of her own, she and Sunshine become the daughters she never had, and their friendship teaches them how to embrace the quirks that make them unique, and how to demand the love they deserve just as they are....

Admittedly, we’ve landed robots there before, but none quite so big or impressive as Curiosity. After decades of declining interest in the space program culminated with the retirement of the Space Shuttles, interest in space is experiencing a revival. Walking on Mars could happen in our life time; after all, it was less than decade after the first man was launched into space that another man walked on the Moon....

From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations, a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands. “So damn good. A page-turner that makes you think and has a huge emotional impact.” -Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation (via Twitter) If you’re hoping to introduce the kids in your life to environmental lit, start with their own interests and then find books that fit those themes....

My book, Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy is one of the books pulled by a district in the state for “review.” As of writing, it’s been off shelves for months, with no status update. This is the second time I’ve learned of this book being removed from shelves to be assessed for appropriateness to age group. It is a book about the physical and political realities of having a body, written specifically for those 12-18....

You may remember back in October, I had the honor of talking with a wide range of outstanding Native and Indigenous writers who discussed the past, present, and future of their voices in children’s and young adult literature. The bulk of the books highlighted there were fiction, but Native and Indigenous voices and stories are also important to explore in nonfiction. Let’s take a look at a few you can grab now and some for you to preorder for future reading....

As an English major, I was elated. It was nice to finally be seen, because I feel like we’re ridiculed a little too much for our love of symbolism about green lights and Jane Austen and the Oxford comma. I know it’s wonderful to see shows and movies about females taking names in STEM classrooms, but I honestly hated studying biology, so I was just tickled to watch an English department being depicted on screen....

A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots—all in the wake of Hurricane Maria. However, some people find themselves motivated by imagining what they’d like to accomplish and carefully identifying steps to take them toward that ideal future. There are so many different ways to achieve this while prioritizing your mental health and avoiding the impulsive desire to change overnight....

This is such a dream team for Octavia Butler’s work. Wild Seed is the first book in her four book science fiction Patternmaster series. It’s told from the perspective of immortal shapeshifter Anyanwu, who’s living her best life until Doro, the only entity she fears, shows up on the scene. Their battle of wills shape our past, present, and future. Lots of potential for a long TV series here. I’m even more pumped about the adaptation with award-winning SFF author Nnedi Okorafor writing it, who has discussed before how titular Octavia Butler has been to her writing career, and who writes amazing SFF herself....

That’s how Westover gets you to keep reading at first; but soon enough you realise this isn’t a story of The Other at all, it’s a story about the importance of education in finding yourself in the world. Throughout the book, I was struck by how many things I have in common with Westover’s story, even if my reality growing up was radically far from hers. No matter who our parents are, when we are children we don’t question the truths they tell us....

In her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for in this latest novel from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones. If you love horror movies, you’ve probably got a lot of opinions about what kind of horror you prefer to watch. Which is great, because the more you know about your tastes in horror movies, the easier it is to pick out your next favorite horror read....

But, in truth, the English-language publishing world is still pretty much confined to New York. And since it is still very much New York–centric, this centralization creates a ripple effect in the industry as a whole. It is a known fact that the U.S. is one of the countries that dominate the global publishing industry, and its influence may even be extending far outside its borders. As a publisher based abroad, our non-U....

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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Nevernight Chronicle, Jay Kristoff, comes the first book of an astonishing dark fantasy sagaFor nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness.Imprisoned by the very monsters he vowed to destroy, the last silversaint is forced to tell his story....

Even if someone is not “into” vampires, they’ll likely have SOME thoughts about them, even if it’s only about why they’re “played out” or “not scary.” I, for one, will argue at length about why Carmilla is better than Dracula (though they each have their appeal). And I love tracing their transformations! We love to hypothesize about where the concepts came from, trace their evolution or regression based on contemporary fears, and stretch their talons into new, fantastical measures....

Here are just a few reasons you should read books by local authors, plus a few tips on how you can find their books. There’s Something for Everyone Whatever your go-to genre, from memoir to thriller to children’s books and more, you’re bound to find one by a local author. And you can define “local” however you’d like: your city, your state or province, or anything in between. It Boosts Your Local Economy Supporting the authors in your neighborhood helps keep the money circulating in your own community—the same way stopping by your neighborhood coffee shops, markets, and boutiques does....

I get especially sad when the person I can’t hang out with is Libba Bray. I love her so much it’s probably come across a little creepy at times on Twitter. If nerd-marriage were a thing, I’d totally want to make it happen with her. Less hyperbolically, I’d just like to have tea or coffee or pie (or all three!) with her and talk about writing and life. When friends want good historical fiction they can get lost in, it is in her direction I lead them, enthusiastically, by the hand so they don’t get distracted....

In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. Based on the real story of a reform school in Florida that operated for one hundred and eleven years and warped the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers....

Recently I learned about Thomas’s Lady Sherlock series and devoured them with rapid abandon. While all of her books so far have a strong romance element, Thomas writes broadly within the genre. So far I’ve encountered heroines who are neurodivergent, magical, extraterrestrial, and historical. I once had an art teacher who gave us very specific instructions for our work — exactly 1″ margins with one “break,” use only four colors, etc....