A chat with Roxana Shirazi is a delight. She’s thoughtful, articulate and you just want to steal that lovely, soft-spoken British accent out of her throat and run off with it. So it’s pretty easy to forget this London-based Iranian author has written the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll memoir about insatiable sex drives, peeing on […]
Esquire recently released “The 80 Best Books Every Man Should Read” in a slideshow format. How they thought that was a good idea, I’ll never know. Who even clicks through all of Maxim’s Hot 100 instead of just skipping to the top 10? But I suppose people are talking about it. Success! Personally, I think any list […]
The phrase “family values” tends to conjure up images old white dudes with traditional nuclear families imploring us to “think of the children” despite actively ignoring the plight of thousands of American kids growing up in poverty or with a poor shot at education – essentially, people who are not concerned with the wellbeing of […]
Kendall and Kylie Jenner are known for their family name, their modeling careers, and their continuous Instagram selfies, but being published authors? That’s not exactly what the world knows or expects of them. I try my best not to keep up with the Kardashians (or Jenners), but it’s hard to live in this world and […]
Maybe you know Kristen Schaal from “The Daily Show,” or her role as stalker Mel on “Flight of the Conchords,” or from small roles in about a dozen different movies. And while you probably don’t know his face, if you’re a “Daily Show” viewer, you’ve heard Jon Stewart deliver Rich Blomquist’s jokes, because he works […]
There’s nothing like a crossword puzzle to make you feel ever-so-slightly inadequate. Why can’t you recall — seven words down — the instrument used to kill Leon Trotsky? Why don’t you know — five words across — the most famous opera by Jules Massenet? Go watch some more “Jersey Shore,” you fool … or pick […]
Put a Kardashian’s name (or a Jenner’s) on a book , and I’ll read it. I’m more devoted to the famous reality TV family’s literary output than I am a diehard viewer. Prior to this week, their releases included the titles Kardashian Konfidential and Dollhouse (by Kim, Kourtney and Khloé), the memoir Kris Jenner…and All Things […]
Reddit user specfreader asked the r/Books community yesterday: Who is your favorite female book character? As the answers came in, an interesting trend emerged. Take a look at some of the most popular answers: Minerva McGonagall from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series Granny Weatherwax from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series Tiffany Aching from the Discworld series […]
“You guys know about vampires? … You know, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? There’s this idea that monsters don’t have reflections in a mirror. And what I’ve always thought isn’t that monsters don’t have reflections in a mirror. It’s that if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, […]
