Reading is not often thought of as a particularly risky passion. Sure, you can argue that it expands your mind to dangerously new heights
Author: samantha-resnick
The shape-shifting magic of translated literature
At the time, I hadn’t even read Gabriel García Márquez’s landmark work yet. Really, I had only heard the first line: “Many years later,
Under the covers: The racial gap in romance
Abs so sculpted they belong in an art museum. Luscious, flowing-with-the-breeze, heartthrob hair. Heaving bosoms in low-cut, lace dresses. I’ve been reading a lot
Let the brows run wild: A defense of lowbrow literature
Richard Steele, an 18th century Irish writer who always looks like he just ate something sour, wrote: “Reading is to the mind what exercise
Dating and Dostoevsky
Last December, while the Skirball Fire tore through the Los Angeles neighborhood nestled next to my own, I was studying abroad 5,000 miles away
OPINION — My Sin, My Soul: Controversial Art Kindles Conversation
CW: Sexual assault, abuse It can be hard to love “Lolita.” Vladimir Nabokov’s novel tells the story of middle-aged Humbert’s sexual abuse of a