“The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt, published in 2013, follows the life of a character named Theo as he comes to age after surviving a traumatic event. Reading the novel feels like analyzing a complex...

Akin to a kaleidoscope — shifting in focus and meaning — Louise Erdrich’s “The Sentence” uses protagonist Tookie to reveal the complexities and interplay of identity and language.  Tookie...

Michelle Zauner’s vulnerable memoir, “Crying in H Mart,” follows her complicated relationship with her late mother, who died from cancer when the author was 25. Her debut book explores a mother-daughter...

With her debut short story collection, Deesha Philyaw has already received praise as a notable author and won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Currently, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies is being...

When a novel starts with a quote from famous American poet Sylvia Plath, high expectations are set from the beginning. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig follows the life of a woman, Nora, who commits suicide...

With recent success, Sally Rooney continues on her path to becoming one of the most notable authors of the present era. Vogue refers to Rooney as an author with a cult following and the “Salinger for...

Brought to you by people who want to write new works during a time where human connection is difficult, the Talon Review has made some wonderful pieces of literature in the past few years.  I’m here...

BOSTON (AP) — Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery,...

If you’re still looking for reading materials to help further your education on antiracism and similar topics, here is a list of some fictional content and poetry: Fiction  The Bluest Eye - Toni...

Many fans have been wondering when the Percy Jackson stories would come back to life after the movie series was cut short. Rick Riordon, author of the Percy Jackson series, has confirmed that there...

The Jacksonville Public Library (JPL) is hosting a Book Fest where local and national authors will come to interact. Author Brad Meltzer, a #1 New York Times bestselling author of “The Inner Circle”,...

Jim Matthews, author of Fighting Monsters, says most people first heard about the Kurdish YPG fighters when “Images of photogenic, enigmatic young women in combat gear reverberated around the world.”...