EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooks'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.ByGabrielle Bruney5/09/22 2:00PMComments (10)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksPlease 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…ByGabrielle Bruney5/02/22 6:00PMComments (34)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksIt'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.ByCaitlin Cruz4/30/22 9:00AMComments (3)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksTina Brown's 'The Palace Papers' Is Proof The Royal Family Needs a Reality ShowThe journalist's new book, out on Tuesday, follows the happenings (and notable scandals) of the royal family in the…ByJenna Amatulli4/26/22 12:10PMComments (32)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksDanyel 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…ByRich Juzwiak4/18/22 8:00AMSave
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooks'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.ByAudra Heinrichs3/24/22 10:55AMComments (2)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksThe First Reported Buffy Book Is a Loving Critique of a Complicated ShowEvan Ross Katz excavates Buffy's legacy—including the Joss Whedon allegations—through new interviews with the cast,…ByGabrielle Bruney3/15/22 8:00AMComments (41)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksWho 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…ByRich Juzwiak2/28/22 7:00PMComments (31)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksReality 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…ByGabrielle Bruney2/15/22 10:40AMComments (1)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksHanya Yanagihara Is Eccentric and Self-Indulgent. So What?Perhaps it’s time to embrace our most unhinged habits in the service of art.ByBecca Schuh1/12/22 1:42PMComments (13)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksXochitl Gonzalez's Debut Novel Is a Pivotal Examination of Puerto RicannessFor Puerto Rican and Boricua readers, Gonzalez and her characters breathe new life into the age-old adage Pa’lante.…ByShannon Melero1/04/22 9:00AMComments (5)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksbell hooks, Renowned Author and Feminist Scholar, Dead At 69hooks' unflinching critiques of race, gender, class, and pop culture leave behind an insurmountable legacy.ByAshley Reese12/15/21 3:30PMComments (6)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksYou Don't Have to Like Katie CouricThe "perky" anchor reckons with reality in her new memoir.ByMegan Reynolds11/05/21 8:00AMComments (27)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksBooks to Scratch that Seasonal Practical Magic ItchWhat to read when you want witchy vibes for Halloween, from Erin Sterling, author of The Ex Hex ByKelly Faircloth10/25/21 9:30AMComments (15)Save
EntertainmentBooksBook ExcerptEntertainmentBooksBook ExcerptThe High Costs of Dirt-Cheap Fast FashionIt is humans who cut the fabric, and humans who work tirelessly at sewing machines. And humans can only work so fast.ByAja Barber10/08/21 9:30AMComments (2)Save
EntertainmentBooks EntertainmentBooksThe Powerful Civil Rights Legacy of Fannie Lou HamerShe joined the movement at 44 and helped secure the Voting Rights Act of 1965ByJoyzel Acevedo9/30/21 2:30PMSave
EntertainmentBooksBook ExcerptEntertainmentBooksBook ExcerptThe Larger than Life Legend of the Regal BlueswomanPeople who say Bessie Smith would have said, “I went to see the Empress,” and everybody would have known who they…ByJackie Kay9/30/21 10:00AMComments (1)Save
EntertainmentBooksBook ExcerptEntertainmentBooksBook ExcerptThe Ugly Necklace That Helped Bring Down Marie AntoinetteThe backstory on the scandal that helped sink the French monarchy, in this excerpt from In the Shadow of the EmpressByNancy Goldstone9/24/21 9:35AMComments (17)Save
EntertainmentBooksEntertainmentBooksCassandra Peterson on Coming Up with Elvira, Coming Clean in Her Book, and Coming OutYours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark is a doozy of a tell-all, in which Peterson bares more…ByRich Juzwiak9/23/21 12:05PMComments (20)Save
EntertainmentBooksThe Summer ReadEntertainmentBooksThe Summer ReadLauren Groff's Prescription for the Last Days of Summer: Short StoriesThe author of Fates and Furies and Matrix recommends Clare Sestanovich and Edwidge DanticatByKelly Faircloth9/01/21 9:30AMSave