Otherwise Known as Judy the Great
Jami Attenberg: I feel like I could talk to you about vaginas all day, Judy.Is there anything you wish you could change about publishing? Is there anything where you think, god they’ve been doing this...
View ArticleDoes Age Matter?
With the publication of several new young adult novels by teen authors, Julia Eccleshare wonders if age impacts a novelist’s ability to connect with younger readers. In addition, Eccleshare returns to...
View ArticleRockin’ the Suburbs
The big city may be full of stories, but books like Judy Blume’s Wifey and Karolina Waclawiak‘s The Invaders remind us that the suburbs are equally worth writing about. Over at Electric Literature,...
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Anna March’s Reading Mixtape #2: Line My Eyes and Call Me Pretty?
Every one of these gorgeously written books will explode your brain and the stories will transport you, even as they grapple with binaries, traditional roles, narrow expectations, breaking free, who we...
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Anna March’s Reading Mixtape #5: Rad Girls
We should all implant these terrific girls in our brains. Reading excellent kid’s books as an adult reveals the world to us in new ways, reminds us of childhood and teaches us about our young selves...
View ArticleThis Week in Indie Bookstores
A bookstore designed to feel like a spaceship has opened in Hangzhou, China.Romance-novel bookstore Ripped Bodice in Los Angeles has gotten a little funnier by adding live comedy shows.Author Judy...
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My End of the World at Rajneeshpuram
I have been summoned to Ramakrishna. Ramakrishna is the Moms’ office, the office of the women in charge. The Moms are not necessarily anyone’s mothers, but are the leaders of our government....
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Young People Are Our Hope: Talking with Lilliam Rivera
Lilliam Rivera, author of the YA novel The Education of Margot Sanchez, is excited about the strides publishing has made. She comes to life when talking about the Latina/Latino and other people of...
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What to Read When You Need to Understand How to Live
My new book, Against Memoir, is a collection of published nonfiction—stuff I wrote for this website or that magazine—plus some new essays that had been bubbling around my brain and needed a place to...
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The Outsider: A Conversation with Michelle Tea
Michelle Tea came on the literary scene in the mid 90s, the product of queer San Francisco nightlife, telling stories of drugs, sex work and everything in between. Pre-Internet, her books were spread...
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