Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya reflects on the books that change the way we think about life and literature. Chihaya joins us to talk about these “Life Ruiner” books, the way we connect to stories at different points in our lives, the way our reading shapes us and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.  This […]

Banned Books Week is held every year from September 22nd-28th to recognize books that have been banned and challenged across the country. The American Library Association explains, “the annual event highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire book community — librarians, educators, authors, publishers, booksellers, and readers […]

Classic  adjective.  clas· sic | \ ˈkla-sik  \  1a: serving as a standard of excellence: of recognized value  Some things never go out of style and when it comes to Black classics, there are so many categories we could talk about: music, movies, food, hairstyles, the list goes on. This has nothing to do with color (well, mostly) — it’s about culture. Often, we have so many […]

“I always feel like as a reader, I always want to go in ready to be changed, ready to be transformed by what I’m reading, ready to be expanded. And that’s what I love about books, they work on you kind of like magic.” Madeline Miller’s novels, The Song of Achilles and Circe, keep working […]

“He thinks of himself as a character in a fairy tale in a way who’s going on a quest. And there’s so many stories like that about a character who’s going in search of a lost loved one, whether it’s a daughter, a mother, a son, there’s this sense of I’m going off to find […]