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'The Women's House of Detention' Illuminates a Horrific Prison That 'Helped Define Queerness for America'

Hugh Ryan's new book offers portraits of the forgotten queer and transmasculine people who made LGBTQ history.

Gabrielle Bruney

5/09/22 2:00PM

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Please Do Not Blow Up Your Life Over A 'Soulmate'

A truly wild viral article raised the big questions about life, love, and just how useful it is to believe in…

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It's Independent Bookstore Day! Go Buy a Book!

Indie bookstores are finally emerging from the worst retail setbacks of the pandemic, and we must keep them afloat.

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Tina Brown's 'The Palace Papers' Is Proof The Royal Family Needs a Reality Show

The journalist's new book, out on Tuesday, follows the happenings (and notable scandals) of the royal family in the…

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Danyel Smith on Her Sparkling Memoir/History of Black Women in Pop, 'Shine Bright'

The former Vibe editor and podcaster tells Jezebel about how she wove the story of her life with the stories of the…

Rich Juzwiak

4/18/22 8:00AM

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'Real Housewives of New York' Star Leah McSweeney Is Comfortable in Her 'Chaos'

The reality TV star talks mental health, addiction and all the bad decisions that led to her personal peace.

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The First Reported Buffy Book Is a Loving Critique of a Complicated Show

Evan Ross Katz excavates Buffy's legacy—including the Joss Whedon allegations—through new interviews with the cast,…

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Who Is Harvey Fierstein? His Memoir Only Begins to Explore an Answer.

The out Broadway legend discussed Barbara Walters, PrEP skepticism, and lingering questions of identity upon the…

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Reality TV 'Peels Back Our Collective Skin.' What's Underneath Isn't Pretty.

Sociologist Danielle J. Lindemann's book True Story explores the ways in which reality television holds a mirror the…

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Hanya Yanagihara Is Eccentric and Self-Indulgent. So What?

Perhaps it’s time to embrace our most unhinged habits in the service of art.

Becca Schuh

1/12/22 1:42PM

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Xochitl Gonzalez's Debut Novel Is a Pivotal Examination of Puerto Ricanness

For Puerto Rican and Boricua readers, Gonzalez and her characters breathe new life into the age-old adage Pa’lante.…

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bell hooks, Renowned Author and Feminist Scholar, Dead At 69

hooks' unflinching critiques of race, gender, class, and pop culture leave behind an insurmountable legacy.

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You Don't Have to Like Katie Couric

The "perky" anchor reckons with reality in her new memoir.

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Books to Scratch that Seasonal Practical Magic Itch

What to read when you want witchy vibes for Halloween, from Erin Sterling, author of The Ex Hex

Kelly Faircloth

10/25/21 9:30AM

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The High Costs of Dirt-Cheap Fast Fashion

It is humans who cut the fabric, and humans who work tirelessly at sewing machines. And humans can only work so fast.

Aja Barber

10/08/21 9:30AM

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The Powerful Civil Rights Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer

She joined the movement at 44 and helped secure the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Joyzel Acevedo

9/30/21 2:30PM

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The Larger than Life Legend of the Regal Blueswoman

People who say Bessie Smith would have said, “I went to see the Empress,” and everybody would have known who they…

Jackie Kay

9/30/21 10:00AM

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The Ugly Necklace That Helped Bring Down Marie Antoinette

The backstory on the scandal that helped sink the French monarchy, in this excerpt from In the Shadow of the Empress

Nancy Goldstone

9/24/21 9:35AM

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Cassandra Peterson on Coming Up with Elvira, Coming Clean in Her Book, and Coming Out

Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark is a doozy of a tell-all, in which Peterson bares more…

Rich Juzwiak

9/23/21 12:05PM

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Lauren Groff's Prescription for the Last Days of Summer: Short Stories

The author of Fates and Furies and Matrix recommends Clare Sestanovich and Edwidge Danticat

Kelly Faircloth

9/01/21 9:30AM

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