Though fiction has always featured characters with physical disabilities—Tiny Tim, Captain Ahab, and Philip Carey among them—they are still wildly underrepresented on the page. And that’s a shame: when a character has a physical limitation, it often serves to add another layer of complexity, authenticity, and diversity to the story. What contemporary fiction has started to get right […]

All bookworms know the feeling of coming across one of those special passages that give you a whole new perspective on life. It’s no wonder so many people take it to the next level by etching their favorite quotes onto their bodies. But while there are undeniably a lot of classy literary tattoos out there, […]