A war is on. Time for art.
When making art is a survival tactic
The Underlined
Where readers discuss what we love about literature • By Kolina Cicero
Live Last read · last published · next check
Latest posts
One-sentence summaries of nine novels, as told by their protagonists
"My handsome cousin Rachel has put me in a difficult position"
Three books that moved me this summer
A romance, a pseudo-mystery, and a literary campus novel
A gutting autobiographical novel you will never forget
When art turns pain into beauty
The 40 books that made me
I turned 40 last week. These are the 40 books that have informed the reader I am today.
Three craft books I'm reading while editing my novel
Plus three novels I reference to see how the authors execute their witchcraft.
The Western from the eighties that took me all of June to read
The Pulitzer Prize-winning story about Texas Rangers, western expansion, and vulnerability
Reading in public is neither radical nor performative
Calling for a moratorium on those statements, thank you.
Two mind-expanding books to read in one sitting
A children's novel and a story about the meaning of life
What special ed students taught me about the power of believing in someone
Assume competence, always.
AI writes about objects, we write about the light around them
Sting on AI and art: "A machine doesn’t have a family history, good or bad. It’s just a set of other people’s memories."