#Essays

For women we meet in literature, bad marriages often facilitate character growth. Here are a couple examples of how women push back.

The AAPI Reading Challenge is committing to read at least two books from AAPI perspectives we’ve never before considered.

The term "bodice ripper" is often used to disparage the romance genre, but it's also used by some romance readers. It is time to retire it?

How does loneliness and the single life as portrayed in '90s classics Sex and the City and Bridget Jones's Diary resonate today?

Prose and poetry seem like opposites, when in fact, prose poetry is its own form. So what is prose poetry?

The story of a life is vast and can take many shapes, and whose stories get told in the first place shape the way we view history.

Thousands flee their homelands to settle in America, but is it truly the ticket to a better future? These novels explore the woes of immigration.

A tonic of curiosity, nostalgia, and obsession inspired me to cuddle up with four films that, in my starstruck opinion, spotlight poetry.

Elderly women playing the role of sleuths in fiction shatter perceptions of the roles women--and older people--have in society.

Four waffle recipes from four cookbooks. Which waffle was the best?