Mental health challenges can be utterly grim, yes. In the hands of Toews, it can also be utterly hilarious. Based on the author's own family stories.

Magical and surprising novella that weaves together the story of a girl's life and the hunt for a rare creature.

Essays primarily tackling writing, film, and consumership/consumption.

Slim tome expanding on author's 2014 article in Slate. Among other things, challenges elitist notions of being passionate about work(ing).

Comic takes on history, literature, politics, and a bit of Canada, to boot.

American girl heads to the land of her father and gets caught up in an intricate geopolitical tangle.

For philologists and Tolkien fans alike. Details his work with the venerable dictionary, as well as the etymology of words like "orc" and "mithril."

Short story collection by a critical darling (and Beyoncé's, too).

Philosopher camps out for a week at London's Heathrow airport. Has conversations, records observations. An acquired taste, for sure.

Being a successful and visible WOC in Hollywood is ( ____ ). I had a hard time not reading the text in a Valley Girl register.