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The Poetry of Sarojini Naidu is a collection of poems authored by Indian author and the first woman to be President of the Indian National Congress, Sarojini Naidu. The collection was curated by L. N. Mishra and published by B. R. Publishing...

Playwright Miguel Pinero wrote the play Short Eyes during his time in prison. The term used as a title of the play is a slang used in connection to pedophiles, more precisely as a name for child molesters.

The play is set in prison and it follows...

Detained in the Desert is a play that chronicles the parallel lives of two completely different people who are having the same experience at the same time. Sandi, a second generation Latin woman, and Lou, a Howard Stern-like talk show host with a...

The Collected Stories of Maria Cristina Mena is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century by Chicano author Maria Cristina Mena. The publication was undertaken by the US Hispanic Literary Heritage as an initiative to recover...

Although it's not especially well-known, The Saga of Gosta Berling is an exceptional novel which tells the of the eponymous Gösta Berling. Berling is a defrocked priest (a person who has been stripped of the privileges associated with being a...

Hood Feminism is a collection of essays by Mikki Kendall, who takes issue with feminism in general because, she asserts, it only really works for some women. In fact, she feels that women actually oppress other women - which is an...

The Rise of Skywalker marks the end of an era which began with 1977's A New Hope and ended after nine films. To that end, The Rise of Skywalker is the last film in the legendary Skywalker Saga - but also the beginning of another story. Once again,...

Conspiracy Theories, says political scientist and author Joseph E. Uscinski, will inevitably appear in "complex human societies," as he calls them. But conspiracy theories have never been as ubiquitous as they are now, partially fueled by people...

Despite it being critically acclaimed, Mikhail Red's Birdshot (2016) is not all that well-known. It tells the story of a young farm girl called Maya, who lives in the countryside and one day accidentally kills a Philippine eagle - a majestic...

Deceit and Other Possibilities is the debut collection of stories from award-winning author Vanessa Hua. It was published in 2016 by Willow Books. The collection is filled with powerful voices. From immigrants leaving their ancestral homelands to...

Eureka Street is a novel written by Irish author Robert McLiam Wilson, and was published in 1996 by Secker & Warburg. The book was later republished in 1997 in the US, under Arcadia publishing house.The story revolves around the lives of two...

Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion is a book by Pulitzer-nominated author Rodney Stark and Roger Finke. It was first published in 2000 by University of California Press. Sociologists attempt to breakdown religion and find a...

Although Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power isn't all that well-known, it is certainly interesting. Broadly, it examines famous conspiracy theories (Pizzagate and the Birther myth, for example, are...

Your Name is a Japanese anime feature film that was released in 2016. Written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, the romantic drama is about two high schoolers who out of the blue swap their bodies. The titular roles are voiced by Ryunosuke Kamiki...

The story of the production of Tommy Wiseau's The Room is one of the most fascinating stories in movie history. Delusionally, Wiseau wanted to create the next great American masterpiece, but The Room is widely regarded as one of the worst films...

Angelina Grimke and her sister Sarah were Southern-born women, but very early on in life developed an antipathy for slavery of all kinds, both racial and gender-based. They became staunch abolitionists, and also a brave proponent of rights for...

Stray is an urban fantasy book written in 2007 by Rachel Vincent. The book is the first in her Shifter’s series. The book was written at a time when paranormal fantasy books relating to mythical creatures, such as werewolves and vampires, became...

Friedrich Hölderlin: Poems is a collection of poems by German poet Friedrich Hölderlin. Originally published in German, the translated version was written by James Mitchell and published in 2007 by Ithuriel’s Spear. The result of the translation...

Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi was a famous Italian poet and philosopher, of the nineteenth century.He was brought up in a privileged aristocratic family in the small town of Recanati in Italy. Having been born...

Written and directed by Todd Haynes, Far from Heaven (released in 2002) follows a 1950's housewife called Cathy Whitaker. At first glance, Cathy is a seemingly ordinary woman with a reasonably happy life and a good marriage. However, her life...

Directed by Douglas Sirk, All That Heaven Allows tells the story of a young and rich widow called Cary Scott who one day falls in love with a landscape designer named Ron Kirby, who has virtually no interest in living a ritzy lifestyle. Still, Ron...

It is undeniably true that Malcolm Gladwell is best known for his full-length books. However, over the course of his long career, he has written several dozen articles. Nineteen of those articles are collected in What the Dog Saw (published in...

Desdemona is a play that first debuted at Theater Akzent in Vienna, Austria in 2011 and published in 2012 by Oberon Books. The work was a team effort consisting of Toni Morrison, Rokia Traoré, and Peter Sellars. The titular role belongs to...

Speaking in Tongues is a play by Andrew Bovell that debuted in Sydney, Australia in 1996. It was produced by Griffin Theater Company at The SBW Stables. The play was adapted into an award-winning and commercially successful feature film titled ...