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Riot Asks: Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St. John Mandel was born on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. She studied dance at The School ...

The Bookstore of the Future, Installment One: What Would Don Draper Handsell?

Unlike me, you may not be a rabid Mad Men fan–and I’ll forgive you, especially this season. However, this past ...

What’s On Your Nightstand?: A Moment of Meta-Something

Last week there were fewer of  you answering this question, which might mean you’re weary of it–or might mean your ...

Sites We Like: Paper and Salt

Many of the sites we highlight in this feature have been around for a while–there’s nothing wrong with the tried ...

What’s On Your Nightstand?

Where do these weeks go, fellow readers? April is nearly gone, and I have yet to read seven books on ...

Riot Asks: Jonathan Gottschall

Jonathan Gottschall teaches English and writes books at the intersection of science and art. His work has been featured in ...

So Many Books, So Little Recognition: The 2012 non-Pulitzer Award for Fiction

This year, for the first time in over three decades, no Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded, and I’m angry. Why ...

What’s On Your Nightstand?: The UnRead

Books about zombies–so 2010. Books as zombies? I’ve got ’em! And so do you. In this installation of “What’s On Your Nightstand,” ...

Riot Asks: Lauren Groff

Novelist Lauren Groff has an MFA in fiction from The University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, ...

Sites We Like: Book Mania!

He had us at “first and only book blog from the Philippines.” “He” being Archie, the proprietor of Book Mania!, ...