7 Compelling Characters with Disabilities
Though fiction has always featured characters with physical disabilities—Tiny Tim, Captain Ahab, and Philip Carey among them—they are still wildly underrepresented on…
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Spring Cleaning Tips for Book Nerds
If you’re reading this, which you definitely are, chances are you’re a book hoarder. Welcome to the club, friend! Since it’s…
7 of the Most Memorable Long Sentences In Lit
Literature is full of stunning examples of looooooooooong sentences, both properly punctuated and not (ahem…John Updike). For example, there’s Molly Bloom’s…
All Aboard! 6 Books to Celebrate Amtrak’s Writing Residencies
Have you heard? Amtrak is doing the coolest thing: sponsoring residencies for writers…on their trains! The concept is still in its…
5 Fictional Characters Who Tell it Like it Is
Literary voices of reason are the best. We get to cheer them along (or pause in disbelief) as they unleash torrents of truth…
Fictional Characters Looking for Love on Tinder
Chances are, you’re heard of the Tinder app, but if you haven’t, think of it as a dating GPS. Users…
5 Big Families in Fiction
We, the members of large families, are a rare bunch. People just don’t have as many kids as they used to, and this has…
15 Epic Epigraphs
Epigraphs are pretty versatile little literary devices. They can be the uncensored mouthpiece of an author. They are, at times, like an outside source brought in…
Our Favorite Fictional Nannies
A few years ago, nanny reality shows were a fixture on prime-time television. British nannies, to be exact, unsurprising considering our fascination with the most…
Where to Start Your Literary Bar Crawl, International Edition
Writers and alcohol: it’s a combination with a long and storied history. From Hemingway to Joyce, literature is full of hard-boozing heavyweights,…
Bookish Gift Recommendations From Fictional Characters
Back in June, we solicited summer reading recommendations from some literary peeps in the know. Now, a new slew of characters has come forward to…