No Shame in This Game
It's practically a cliche: a girl wakes up in bed with a boy. She had a few drinks the night before. She's usually so inhibited. She...
Yes, We Wear Shoes
Well, I'm a little wound up about this one. I'm no stranger to Mary Downing Hahn's work. I've loved Wait Till Helen Comes since I was...
And I Do Not Feel Fine
This one is a little different. I'm going to discuss two books (both titles in a two-part series). Imagine it: the end times. You wake...
Hello from the Gutters of NYC
Son of Sam tormented the outer boroughs of New York during the spring and summer of 1977. Queens, especially, was feeling it because the...
Winning Twins
There is something interesting about twins. Pop culture is kind of obsessed. When I was young, my mother introduced me to one of her...
I'm Sorry I Betrayed You!
Apparently, I've been on a nostalgia kick lately. After My Best Friend's Exorcism, I read Kate DiCamillo's latest, Raymie Nightingale. ...
Gag Me with a Spoon (Like, For Real)
I'm one of those people who really enjoys, like, gimmicky publishing. In grad school, I read Mark Danielewski's House of Leaves and...
Making a List
You've definitely watched one yourself: a YouTube video of someone behaving badly or crazily or drunkenly or brattily. We've all done...
Going Big
There is a unique kind of agony and intensity attached to being a fat girl. I know. I've been one. And now, I'm a fat woman. And it's...
Hang the DJ
The world of high school is so strange. As a teen, I often wondered how it was that some people seemed to navigate school without all of...