Julia is a professional nerd who can be spotted in the wild lounging with books in the park in Brooklyn, NY. She has a BA in International Studies from the University of Chicago and an MA in Media Studies from Pratt Institute. She loves fandom, theater, cheese, and Edith Piaf. Find her at juliarittenberg.com.
Authors including Carmen Maria Machado and Margaret Atwood respond to the banning of their books in Texas schools.
Comics about difficult topics, and that explicitly confront uncomfortable themes, have a lot of power for the cartoonists and readers alike.
Norton Juster, architect and author of the beloved children's book The Phantom Tollbooth, has passed away. Here is the legacy he has left.
A media studies scholar analyzes the concept of canceling books, including how Orwell fits in and who gets left out of the conversation.
Learn more about the life, loves, and current reconstruction of Emily Dickinson as a classic poet now.
The United States Artists (USA) announced its 2021 class of Fellows on February 3rd, the largest class in the organization's history.
These stories are popping up everywhere on streaming, and you can find some great ones on the page in these fake dating romance novels, including If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane.
Engage with history and with some visual learning tools through these enlightening and educational comics about politics, including Strange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History by Joel Christian Gill.
Missing live theater, one Shakespeare fan turns on the tube and delivers your go-to guide to the best Shakespeare film adaptations.
If you're looking for page-turning reads that don't pull punches, add these heart-thumping gritty thrillers to your reading list.