Kelsey Thomas

It's the end of the world as we know it... the chorus of R.E.M's jam remained firmly — and annoyingly – stuck in my head long after I finished Lucy Corin's latest short story collection, One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses…

The fate of books is in our hands. Only this time, the enemy is not Amazon... it's Pinterest. Obviously I have a great love of books in all facets of my life. Yet, save occasionally using my to-read stack as a bedside table, or employing an old…

It takes a particularly gifted writer to take a frequently used premise and craft something new. Picking up It's Not Love, It's Paris and glancing at the jacket, I projected clichés about a young girl going to Paris to find herself, and falling in…

If anyone were ever justified an identity crisis, Najla Said would be the candidate. "I am a Palestinian-Lebanese-American Christian woman, but I grew up as a Jew in New York City," Said explains in the opening sentence of her memoir, Looking For…

Opening up the laptop shouldn't have to mean setting aside the books. Next time you're in the market for some literary tumblr procrastination, click over to these blogs. They're must-follows: 1. Awesome People Reading : The title is pretty self…

In her debut novel, Shorecliff (Little, Brown), Ursula DeYoung delves into the complicated and shifting dynamics of a New England family, the Hatfields, when they are reunited at a secluded family home for a memorable summer. Much like the decade it…