When you send an unsolicited book of essays to a small nonprofit publisher, you’re probably not expecting it to become one of the biggest word-of-mouth sensations of the 21st century so far. But that’s the story behind today’s Zero to Well-Read subject, and no one was more surprised by this turn of events than its
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The Dinner Party by Cat Fitzpatrick (Trans Woman Verse Novel) Kitchen Venom by Philip Hensher (Queer Fiction) (Rerelease) Canon by Paige Lewis (Nonbinary Fiction) The Body Riddle by Sam K MacKinnon (Nonbinary, Polyamorous Fiction) Returns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker (Sapphic Fiction) Take Me with You by Steven Rowley (Queer Guy Speculative Fiction) The
Friends and readers, I’m not going to lie. This week, we’ve got some of the biggest film adaptation news of the year so far. Plus, there are some unmissable new book releases coming your way in early 2027. Mark your calendars. Get ready. You don’t want to miss out on any of this. We want
May is a fun month for new releases as the publishing world gears up for summer. But what do you do when your holds lists are increasing and patrons are still coming to the desk to ask about the buzziest books? Offer readalikes, of course! Here are three new releases your patrons are hearing about,
Blackstone Publishing and Monica Murphy When an heiress’s summer romance goes up in flames, she finds herself in need of a job and a place to stay. The one thing she doesn’t need is another failed romance—but things are heating up quick with the town’s smoldering fire captain. When Sparks Fly is a swoony small-town
Last week felt like the Week of Comics. We released our list of the best comics of the century so far, and Comic-Con announced the nominees for the 38th annual Eisner Awards. It looks like we’re bringing a tinge of that energy into this week with a graphic adaptation of the megabestselling LitRPG. More on
Tedeschi Trucks Band have spent the last decade wearing their influences on their collective sleeves. Not that there was much doubt as to where their allegiances lie, but their last couple of studio and live releases have tightened the bonds they share with their inspirations even further. In 2022, Tedeschi Trucks Band released the ambitious
You ask, we answer! @theeradiance asked, “Please tell me where this is from…” Karrueche celebrated her birthday in a fringe dress from The Dolls House Fashion. The $665 design featured a plunging halter neckline, an open back, and cascading pastel fringe details in shades of blue, pink, yellow, and silver. The statement-making dress also included
What To Know TheCIA finale sees Colin dealing with the fact that his former partner, Toni, is alive. Bill gets a major job offer. Showrunner Mike Weiss breaks down the major moments and teases Season 2. Poor Colin (Tom Ellis). By the end of theCIA Season 1 finale, the case officer has had to face
What To Know The CIA Season 1 finale ends with Colin dealing with the aftermath of Toni’s return and Bill making a decision about his future. Tom Ellis and Nick Gehlfuss break down the big moments and share their hopes for Season 2. It’s a good thing that Colin (Tom Ellis) and Bill (Nick Gehlfuss)
What To Know FBI Season 9 will feature a major shift for OA. Zeeko Zaki shares his thoughts on that and his hopes for what’s next. FBI is going to feature a major change for OA (Zeeko Zaki) when Season 9 begins, one that will take him away from the team for at least some
What To Know TheFBI Season 8 finale ends with one of the team being fired. Showrunner Mike Weiss explains what that means for that character and the rest of the team going forward. FBI, going into its ninth season, is shaking things up in a major way: One of the team isn’t going to be
Why Some Horror Movies Stay Scary for Decades Fear That Works Beyond Jump Scares The scariest horror movies are rarely the bloodiest ones. The films people remember most are usually the ones that stay in the mind long after the credits end. Fear built through atmosphere, silence, sound design, and psychological tension often works far
A Jeopardy! contestant spoke out after the game about the tough Daily Doubles deciding who won. Tristan Williams returned for his ninth game. Did he continue his streak? Williams, from Lincoln, Nebraska, came into the game with an eight-day total of $158,501. On May 18, his ninth game, the data scientist played against Amy Dewey,
What To Know Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) is a fledgling vampire in The Vampire Lestat. Bogosian teases Daniel and Armand’s (Assad Zaman) “intense” reunion and how Daniel is adapting to immortality, plus how he gets along with Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Lestat (Sam Reid). The Vampire Lestat is the title ofInterview With the VampireSeason 3.
Alia Bhatt attended the opening ceremony of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, wearing a custom Tamara Ralph Haute Couture gown that delivered a soft, sculptural take on red carpet dressing. Screenshot The Bollywood actress wore a bright coral silk crêpe marocain corseted column dress featuring a structured neckline, a graphic plunging cutout
If you’re looking for a corrective to the anti-immigrant sentiment that is a core attribute of the Trump administration, you could do a lot worse than the film Bridge of Spies. That may sound like a strange claim to make about a 2015 Cold War thriller directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, but
Recomposed: Music, Climate, Crisis, Change Kyle Devine Verso July 2026 From protest songs to charity concerts to celebrity political endorsements on social media, pop music has long sustained its cultural legitimacy through engagement with political causes. Yet mixed results have also revealed the limits of music’s ability to shape the world outside its immediate sphere.
It seems like a calm Sunday evening in San Francisco here on the 19th of April, but a musical storm is brewing at the SFJAZZ Center’s Joe Henderson Lab. The “future fusion collective” known as Instant Alter are in town, bringing jazzy improv and uplifting vibrations to help listeners transcend the chaos of the modern
Izabel Goulart attended the “Garance” screening during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France wearing Roberto Cavalli Archive. The Brazilian model wore a sheer black tulle column gown featuring a high neckline and long sleeves, intricately embroidered with tonal jet beading and sequin embellishments. The silhouette incorporated see-through
Demi Moore made an appearance at the “Paper Tiger” premiere during the 79th Cannes Film Festival wearing a pink silk Matières Fécales Fall/Winter 2026 look titled “The One Percent.” CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 16: Jury Member Demi Moore attends the “Paper Tiger” screening during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on
Certain moments feel made for taking stock. A 25th-anniversary. A tenth album. Metric hit both of those marks recently, having passed the quarter-century mark as a band not long before recording their latest album, Romanticize the Dive. Maybe the numbers played a part in looking back. Either way, the Emily Haines-fronted quartet moved in the
Across two centuries of literature and film, the vampire has proven less a monster we flee than one we cannot resist. Unlike most monsters, the vampire in its many forms, not least the Romanian Nosferatu, evinces a capacity to attract us, to draw us in. Surveying the history of the vampire is all the evidence
The story of Lip Critic’s second album, Theft World, is a strange one indeed. While their widely acclaimed debut, Hex Dealer, turned heads for its manic, danceable rhythms, their new album is driven by a bizarre, real-life conceptual crisis. During a previous tour, an obsessed fan stole Kaser’s identity to purchase the band’s entire discography,
The acoustic and electric tremolo-treated guitars that usher in “…Another World”, the opening track on Pat Kelly’s new album, Hook, are almost like a balm, a soothing ointment to the rough state of the world. Kelly complements them with his distinctive baritone voice: “Give us another try / Another world where we can waste our
It’s a late winter Saturday night here in San Francisco’s Mission district on 28 February, yet it’s starting to feel like springtime thanks to the week’s pleasantly warmer weather. The mood of the US is uneasy, though, due to the government having just launched a war on Iran. Thus, it feels particularly timely to have
Self Driver by Matt Boiselle Self-Driver – written and directed by Michael Pierro, and starring Nathanael Chadwick, Reece Presley and Lauren Welchner Synopsis: A desperate cab driver joins a mysterious money-making app, leading him into society’s shadows. As the night progresses, his morals are tested and free will questioned. “Self Driver” ended up being a
Content Movie Review by Matt Boiselle Content – written and directed by Adam Meilech, and starring Megan Boehmcke, Alex Mills and Adam Meilech Synopsis: Shown through phones and laptops, a seemingly polite director stalks and blackmails his actors into a real-life horror movie. “Content” is one of those horror movies that has a really solid
The official trailer for SUBJUGATION has arrived, an upcoming cyberpunk monster movie that merges the gothic vengeance of The Crow with the grotesque, biomechanical body horror of the anime classic Wicked City. Spearheaded by director Doug Roos (Bakemono) and executive producer Jun’ichi Yamamoto (Meatball Machine), the film is a blood-soaked love letter to classic late-80s
After three years away, electronic duo Pick a Piper (Caribou drummer Brad Weber and vocalist Sophia Alexandra) return with a new album, Dandelion. It takes the listener on a bold, kaleidoscopic sonic journey whilst also acting as a manual for emotional survival. Finding emotional depth in the exquisite soundscapes, the record focuses on the fortitude
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