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Reading Pathway: ALICE MUNRO

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

What I Said When They Came for THE HANDMAID’S TALE

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

100 Must-Read Works of Southern Literature

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

Save Your Gift Cards: A Guide to Early 2014

Santa hasn’t squeezed his fat ass down my chimney yet, but some kind friends have already blessed me with bookish ...

Featured Trailer: ONE GREAT YEAR

This week’s featured trailer is One Great Year by Tamara Veitch and Rene Defazio. Check it out! [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FrL9vTxP2s[/youtube] ____________________________ Sign ...

Dear Jane Austen

Winchester Cathedral Hampshire, England December 16, 2013   Dear Jane Austen, Let me first wish you a very happy 238th ...

The Seven Funniest Novels of 2013

Need some cheer? These seven funniest novels of 2013 (listed in no particular order) are sure to give you a ...

Five Novels For Environmentalists

You’ve read your Rachel Carson and your Amory Lovins, even your Paul Hawken, William McDonough, and Ray Anderson. But where ...

4 Novels That Should’ve Gotten More “Best of 2013” Love

So I keep seeing a lot of books I loved this year make the bookish internet’s Best of 2013 lists. ...

My Translation Conundrum

Right now, I’m reading Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood and Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Demons. It’s rare for me to tackle two novels at once, but ...