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Susie Rodarme

Susie Rodarme is obsessed with small press literary fiction and tea. Other notable skills: chainmaille weaving, using Photoshop semi-correctly, and drinking gin.

4 Small Press Books to Read in February

With modest budgets, small presses sometimes don’t have the means to do the full publicity route when they have a ...

5 Romantic Books To Read in February (Even If You Hate Romance)

It’s that time of year again: red heart-shaped boxes full of generic chocolate candy and stuffed animals that play stupid ...

Junot Díaz Novel Named Best of 21st Century–Wait, What?

I love Junot Díaz as much as the next book fiend. I read and loved The Brief Wondrous Life of ...

Does the Science of Science Fiction Matter?

I love Neil deGrasse Tyson, so believe me when I say upfront that this isn’t a criticism of him–it’s just ...

Don’t Blame Readers If Books Are Being “Devalued”

If you hang out on the bookternet at all, you have no doubt seen one or more pearl-clutching declarations that ...

7 Novels To Read If You Love Batman

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

5 Small Presses That Are Absolutely Killing It

I’m a huge fan of small publishers. Because the scale of production precludes scoring huge names to add to their ...

Literary Tourism: Ohio

Okay, I can feel your skepticism from here, internet. “Ohio? Why would anybody ever voluntarily go to Ohio? HA, I’m ...

Breaking Up With Stephen King Is Hard To Do

I’ve been trying for awhile now to break up with Stephen King. It’s not him, it’s me–well, maybe also, it’s ...

Johnny Cash and García Márquez: A Country Music Reading List

If I said that literature and country music have a lot in common, I’d probably get major side-eye. Pretending that ...