Author: Jamie Rotante
Who doesn’t love a good horror mash-up? Whether it’s horror movie posters reimagined as 8-bit NES video screens, framed as R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps covers or gruesome characters making cameo appearances in Scooby Doo, …
Since the election this past November, we’ve all been trying to figure out how to deal with information overload. From outlandish tweets, less-than-comforting public statements, blurred lines between fact …
Memes are no longer just silly videos you send to your friends—or images your great Aunt Gladys posts all over Facebook—internet culture has officially taken over the mainstream with …
PEN America is a member of PEN International, a non-political, non-governmental, worldwide association of writers founded in 1921 to promote intellectual cooperation among writers everywhere, to emphasize the role of literature …
At the end of 2016 we discussed ten LGBTQ books to add to your reading list. One of the books included was Gabby Rivera’s Juliet Takes A Breath. Chosen as …
Picture it: you’ve got deadlines to hit. You’ve procrastinated far too long and you’re cramming to submit your article. Maybe you’re just a few crucial sentences away from capping …
If you’re looking to spread the love this year, instead of buying Valentine’s Day cards for your children, younger family members or students, why not buy some Valentine’s Day …
February marks Black History Month, and if you’re looking to create a reading list of titles that celebrate Black history or by prominent Black authors, you’re in luck because …
For the first time in a long while, American intellectualism (among many other things) is at risk. From promises to defund/privatize public broadcasting to the controversial appointment of Betsy DeVos …
For many years the theme of the “troubled teen” has dominated literature—especially in young adult fiction or memoirs. Teens deal with addiction, separation, abuse, and depression, while finding themselves …
Today, February 2nd, is the 135th birthday of famed Irish author James Joyce. A man who, on his 50th birthday, received a big blue cake, decorated as a copy …
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” These famous lines from Emma Lazarus’s poem, “The New Colossus,” are engraved on the Statue of …
Y: The Last Man was an ongoing comic series written by Brian K. Vaughan (Saga) and illustrated by Pia Guerra (Doctor Who: The Forgotten) that ran for 60 issues from …
On Saturday, January 21st, 2017, just one day after the Presidential Inauguration, millions of women and women allies participated in marches in more than 500 cities and towns across …
Ever since Mark Twain once said “write what you know,” the adage has been passed along to new and aspiring writers. It makes sense on paper—why wouldn’t you write …
If you’ve ever dreamed of what it would be like to have a meal in the Great Hall of Hogwarts, well now you can… sort of. And where else …
December 29th, 2016 marked the centenary of legendary writer James Joyce’s first novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Written in a modernist style, the novel is …
Influential Village Voice critic, author, journalist, jazz critic, and self-proclaimed “troublemaker” Nat Hentoff passed away on January 7th, 2017 at his Manhattan home. Hentoff wrote for the Village Voice for over 50 …
If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to travel more, then why not go someplace a bit more exotic than Florida, and instead combine your love of literature with your thirst …
Whoever said that print was dead? Designer Ben Pieratt has created a new ongoing creative project called the Dead Bookstore, in which he breathes new life into old books …