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“CALL ME ISHMAELLE” AND OTHER BIPOC REMIXED CLASSICS
Classics refracted through a BIPOC lens.
Jan 54 min read
25 OF THE MOST STUNNING (AND MOST GIFTABLE) COFFEE TABLE BOOKS OF ALL TIME
25 gorgeous, gifting-season-ready picks.
Dec 14, 20255 min read
DELICIOUSLY QUIRKY, COZY CULINARY MYSTERIES YOU CAN BRING TO THE THANKSGIVING FEAST
Consider this your Thanksgiving survival stack.
Nov 24, 20253 min read
MICHELLE OBAMA WROTE THE BOOK ON POWER DRESSING—LITERALLY
Michelle Obama sets the stage for what a true leader should look—and dress—like.
Nov 11, 20255 min read
SIX POLITICAL PAGE-TURNERS TO PAIR WITH SEASON 3 OF NETFLIX'S “THE DIPLOMAT”
Books that remind us every relationship is just another negotiation of power.
Oct 15, 20254 min read
HORROR & THRILLER AUTHORS WHO'LL ALWAYS HAVE A SPOT ON MY FALL READING LIST (WITH RECS!)
Horror in the fall is basically a seasonal ritual.
Sep 7, 20254 min read
HULU'S 'WASHINGTON BLACK' HAD EVERYTHING GOING FOR IT—SO WHY DOES IT FEEL SO HOLLOW?
A beautiful, ambitious miss.
Jul 31, 20254 min read
SIX BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ WHILE YOU DEVOUR FX'S 'THE BEAR'
Six of my favorite books about the messy business of restaurant kitchens.
Jun 24, 20254 min read
NON-FICTION BOOKS THAT LITERALLY CHANGED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY. PROBABLY.
Because the truth is often stranger—and more fascinating—than fiction.
Apr 8, 20257 min read
BLACK WOMEN IN FOOD GET THEIR DUE THANKS TO KLANCY MILLER'S COOKBOOK 'FOR THE CULTURE'
A loving solute to the architects of cuisine: Black women chefs.
Nov 13, 20243 min read
'THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE' AND OTHER INNOVATIVE, TERRIFYING BLACK HORROR FICTION
The Black girl survives, but the real question is how.
Oct 30, 20246 min read
HOW BELL HOOKS TAUGHT ME HOW TO PRACTICE RADICAL LOVE
We do not have to love. We choose to.
Sep 24, 20243 min read
MODERN FEMINIST MANIFESTOS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOOD
A new wave of feminism has entered the chat.
Sep 18, 20245 min read
MEET THE BIPOC WOMXN REVOLUTIONIZING GOTHIC FICTION
This centuries old tradition was overdue for a reckoning.
Feb 27, 20237 min read
DOES FX'S "KINDRED" DO OCTAVIA BUTLER DIRTY?
Does the FX adaptation do justice to Octavia E. Butler’s seminal novel?
Jan 2, 20235 min read
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