A Series of Unfortunate Events: Gothic Hits

A Series of Unfortunate Events: Gothic Hits

A Series of Unfortunate Events is a chapter book series written by Daniel Handler that follows the Baudelaire orphans and the treacherous ordeals that they experience. The first book, The Bad Beginning, was published in 1999, and was an instant hit. The series...
Four Books Telling a New Story of the American West

Four Books Telling a New Story of the American West

I was not much of a reader until my early twenties. I grew up in rural Montana, and I was made to believe the only writing about the West came from people like Norman Maclean or James Welch — stories about cowboys, about men thinking, about fishing. While I have since...
We Write to Heal Our Wounds: A Conversation with Michelle Otero

We Write to Heal Our Wounds: A Conversation with Michelle Otero

Next to me someone asks, “What inspired the order of your book?” Michelle Otero smiles broadly and explains that she had a bunch of pieces written but didn’t know the order. She felt it was important to acknowledge the trauma and recreate that sense. She tells us of a...