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New Posters for THE GREAT GATSBY Revealed

This week, the official Facebook page of Baz Luhrmann’s forthcoming Gatsby adaptation is rolling out one new poster every day ...

Homeric Epithets for the World’s Most Famous People

You guys, I’ve been in such a Homeric mood ever since finishing Madeline Miller’s retelling of the Iliad Song of ...

Book Recommendations for the Queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race

Reading is Fundamental, Riot children, and no one knows that better than a drag queen! This week the seven sisters ...

How to Read a Book With a Flashlight

The power was out in my house the other night. I wish I could say the cause of the outage ...

The Beasts of Childhood: Maurice Sendak in the Southern Wild

This is a guest post by Minh Le. Minh works in early childhood policy and helped design 826DC‘s Museum of Unnatural History. He ...

Studying Literature Via Heavy Metal

At a small college in Canyon, Texas — West Texas A&M University — an English professor named Martin Jacobsen is ...

New Takes on Fairy Tales: A Reading List

This round of Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. Cinder is trying to break out of prison—even though she’ll be ...

Right Now I’m Allergic to TV And All I Want to Do is Read Books

It started with House of Cards. I’m not saying my very recent and newfound aversion to all things televised is ...

Write a Love Letter Like A Writer: Franz Kafka to Felice Bauer

The one thing you can say about the love letters Franz Kafka wrote his to his on-again, off-again fiancée Felice ...

Page to Podium: Oscar Reads, Part 1

Though books are totally our bag here at Book Riot, we have a soft spot in our hearts for any ...