Books

Possibly one of the most iconic Greek choruses is the one with the muses in Disney’s Hercules. Although they were never directly involved in the story itself, they were watching and commenting on everything that happened with some amazingly catchy tunes. With their many hit songs, Disney was actually tapping into an ancient Greek theatre

The United States has a maternal mental health crisis. Mental health conditions are the most common complications of pregnancy and birth. Birthing people have a 20% chance of being diagnosed with a tremendous range of mental health issues postpartum, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, substance abuse disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and more.

Some of my first reading experiences were brought to me by Sport-Billy, the intergalactic human-looking alien who travels across the galaxy to bring fair-play to sports. I loved Sport-Billy with all my heart, and it is unfortunate that, once I started reading books that contained mostly text, I lost my connection to comics.  When I

While in quarantine, many of us have realized that we need community. It’s human. We crave the company of others. Too much isolation isn’t good for anybody. That said, with the rise of BookTok has come an emphasis on the “reading community.” Do we need book clubs and a community, or are there merits to

One of the most comment complaints parents and citizens are lodging against books in public schools and libraries is that the material breaks obscenity laws. This, along with citing pornography laws, is the justification being cited in both formal and informal complaints. It’s the language being shared in social media “parents rights” groups to prop

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The winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards for the 2021 publishing year were announced on March 17th in a virtual ceremony. The National Book Critics Circle consists of nearly 800 members and was established in 1974 in New York with the goal to honor outstanding writing and foster “… a national conversation about

This list of new children’s books with dance themes was originally published in our kid lit newsletter, The Kids Are Al Right. Sign up for it here to receive news and recommendations from the world of kid lit and middle grade books. Hi Kid Lit Friends! I hope 2022 is off to a great start for

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Suburban women are a force. Following the 2016 election, it became clear that the contingent of white suburban women could sway the power in the country. But in the months following, other suburban women knew it was time to step up, and in 2018, a group banded together to mobilize this demographic for good. Red

When there’s casting news about an upcoming superhero movie, the hoped response is something along the lines of a fist pump and some level of, “Hey, awesome!” You’re always going to hit on a character somebody’s interested in. I mean, I for one was excited about Vin Diesel as Bloodshot until I actually watched the

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn is a YA fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy, that came out in 2020. It spent nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and won a Coretta Scott King Award/John Steptoe Award for New Talent award, among other accolades. The book follows Bree, a young Black woman whose

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When 8-year-old Dillon Helbig of Boise, Idaho finished writing and drawing his 81 page storybook called The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Crismis (by Dillon His Self), he knew exactly where to go to share it. A fan of the library, he slipped away from his grandmother while there and snuck his book onto the picture

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On January 25th, Granbury Independent School District in Texas pulled 100 books for review based on Matt Krause’s list of 850 books he wants banned from school libraries. Five books were pulled from shelves. Students spoke out at the board meeting, saying, We want to learn about things that may not be the prettiest or

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We as a society believe mothers to be the patron saints of love and care, a demographic that can never be in the wrong. But aren’t mothers too complex to be boxed into outdated models of femininity glorified by popular culture? Are they truly the wondrous collective that sacrifices themselves for the greater good of