Today word nerds everywhere are celebrating National Scrabble Day, by hoarding our S tiles, challenging our opponent’s play of the word HASHTAG (totally legal now), and reading some great books that remind us why we became language lovers in the first place. While waiting for a U tile to pair with that Q, here are […]
Wonderblood, the debut novel by Julia Whicker, feels timeless, like a classic fairy tale rediscovered. In her novel of prophecy, science, strange “magic,” and even stranger people, there’s a lyricism even at the most grotesque moments, a method of finding beauty even in the most disfigured prophetess or shrunken head. The same lyricism creates a […]