The Guardian, the news source that I trust the most, asked some questions of writer Nnedi Okhorafor that I found intriguing. Here’s how I would have answered them. “My earliest…Continue readingThe unasked questions
A marvelous writer, Steven Barnes, recently wrote about a book that changed his life, and that inspired me to do the same. But I can’t possibly pick just one, I…Continue readingLife-changing books
Well, for the rest of your life, anyhow. Heywood Hill, a London bookshop, is offering the books in a contest marking its 80th anniversary. To win, readers must nominate the…Continue readingFree books forever
Rapunzel is knocked up by her prince, the evil queen is Snow White’s mother, and a starving mother tells her daughters: “I’ve got to kill you so I can have…Continue readingBloody fairy tales
Can you guess these classic books by their one-line spoilers? Alanna Okun asks at BuzzFeed. She gets hit by a train He never shows up The dogs die She was…Continue readingSpoiler alert!