Quote of the Week | Charlotte Brontë
On this day in 1839, Charlotte Brontë – the famed author of Jane Eyre – wrote an amazing rejection letter – a "bold defiance of oppressive gender ideals, packaged as the ultimate it’s-not-you-it’s-me gentle letdown." The suitor in question, Henry Nussey, was a...
Quote of the Week | Tomi Adeyemi
"THEY KILLED MY MOTHER. THEY TOOK OUR MAGIC. THEY TRIED TO BURY US. NOW WE RISE." –Children of Blood and Bone Set the clock back to March 2017. Remember when the first installment of Tomi Adeyemi's Orïsha trilogy, Children of Blood and Bone, was acquired by Christian...
Link of the Week | Paper Valentines
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Did you know the holiday we now associate with chocolate, greeting cards, and candy probably originated from the violent, raunchy feast of Lupercalia in Ancient Rome? The festival would last for two days, from February 13 to 15, and...
Quote of the Week | James Joyce
Ulysses celebrates its 100th birthday this month. Initially serialized by the magazine The Little Review in March 1918 – one of the "chief periodicals in the English-speaking world for publishing experimental writing," Ulysses was only presented in book form in 1922,...
Quote of the Week | A Call to Action
On February 2, Publishers Weekly released its latest Soapbox piece, an article stressing the importance of books in teaching compassion, humanity, and understanding, especially in circumstances recently – and powerfully – recognized by the #MeToo movement. The call to...
Quote of the Week | Ursula K. Le Guin
"My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it." These are words from the renowned science-fiction and fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin, who passed away last Monday at the age of 88. Over the course of her life, Le...