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Erika Harlitz-Kern

Erika Harlitz-Kern holds a doctorate from a Swedish university and can't get enough of history, books, and music. Her earliest memories involve a comic book and a Dutch troubadour. She has travelled South Asia on a shoestring, although nowadays she spends most of her vacations in the Mississippi Delta. Lives with her husband in South Florida, because sooner or later they would've ended up there anyway. Blog: The Boomerang Twitter: EH_Kern

7 TV Series that Take Place in Bookstores

Book Riot has brought you 15 Movies Starring Bookstores, 16 Great Library Scenes in Film, and 17 Movies Starring Books. ...

H.G. Wells, Feminist Author

Author H.G. Wells (1866–1946) has left an indelible mark on popular culture through science fiction novels such as The Time ...

Literary Tourism: Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and home to a rich literary life rooted in history which, at the same ...

Why I Love Reading Literary Journals

Three years ago I began exploring the world of literary journals. What I found was a community of readers, writers, ...

My Favorite Animal, the Book Scorpion

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...

Literary Tourism: Books and Beaches in South Florida

Is the winter cold getting to you? How about a trip to South Florida? Here, you’ll find book fairs, indie ...

Countdown to THE HOBBIT: 4 Songs Inspired by Tolkien

Note: I am aware of the deep mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth. In this post I am giving only ...

How Reading Stephen King Has Affected Me for Life

When Corey Glover of the band Living Colour was a guest on VH1’s That Metal Show, he told the story ...

Women Are Trailblazers: Three Biographies

Musicians Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Astronaut Sally Ride. Born in the beginning ...

ABC’s Selfie vs. Shaw’s Pygmalion

ABC’s new sitcom Selfie is about social-media-obsessed sales representative Eliza Dooley (Karen Gillan). After an embarrassing incident goes viral, she ...