In kindergarten, the art room always smelled like Tempera paint. Music class was awash with the clatter of rhythm sticks. At recess, our calloused hands gripped monkey bars as our little velcro shoes dangled...

Before we delve into the world of maritime literature, please note that there are so many more choices out there. To be forthright, we have all forced ourselves to finish a book we loathed (or, just didn’t...

Before we begin the recommendations, I know what you’re thinking -- and I earnestly agree. Classics are antiquated. Classic literature has long been understood to reflect a panoptic image of society....

Democracy is founded on the ideal of civic participation. It is derived from the proposition that a citrentry taking responsibility for creation of the law will so accept its bounds. That “acceptance”...

Many titles by Black authors, especially Black women and LGBTQ+ authors, find their works marginalized among writers of privileged backgrounds at modern booksellers. Similarly, the novels we all know and...

When we think of art, some of us picture great works hanging on the walls of an art museum while others might describe graffiti on the side of a train. Some think of the tortured artist in his paint-splattered...

While Books-a-Million may be the most accessible and easy-to-find local bookstore, there are many small bookstores that go relatively unnoticed. For those who are able, these bookstores are definitely...