Cassandra Neace is a high school English teacher in Houston. When she's not in the classroom, she reads books and writes about them. She prides herself on her ability to recommend a book for most any occasion. She can be found on Instagram @read_write_make
It’s an established fact that we’re fans of DIY at the Riot, whether we are the ones who “do” or ...
It's become a pretty commonplace thing to see ALS Ice Bucket Challenge videos pop up on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and/or Twitter. It was only a matter of time before it started showing up in the book world. The first author I saw take the challenge was one Stephen King.
I was sitting in the theater, waiting for the previews to start, and checking my twitter feed when I saw ...
Books take you places. It’s a fact. In these sweltering days of summer, I find myself longing to make the ...
I’m originally from the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, specifically a town called Maryville. It is a thriving metropolis ...
Earlier this year, I explained why reading works by writers of color is so important to me. I promised to ...
It’s summer time, and that means that there are a lot of kids out there with a lot of time ...
I know. You’re expecting a list of kid-friendly Disney adaptations of children’s books. But that’s not what you’re getting. These ...
Maybe you’ve noticed that a lot of the folks here at the Riot are pretty crafty. We like to make ...
Recently, I stumbled across a video of Jake Gyllenhaal reading Wilfred Owen’s Dulce Et Decorum Est, a poem that is about how war ...