NaNoWriMo Pep Talk: How to Banish a Zombie

Every year, near Halloween, the spectres and skeptics arise. Crawling out of their hideyholes like a horde of brain-eating zombies, they intone: “Fifty thousand words….I could never write fifty thousand words in a month. I keep meaning to try, but I knooooow I...

BOOKS FOR INCITING REVOLUTION

Submitted by Dr. Melissa Bird, of Natural Born Rebel. Melissa Bird, PhD, MSW is a passionate feminist whose education in social work has led to a career advocating for children, women, and their families. She is a fierce believer in social justice advocacy and...

DARK NOVELS THAT WILL MAKE YOU THINK

Submitted by Leslie Nienaber, of www.apprissretail.com Leslie is a digital marketer and content writer with a love for books across many genres, including historical fiction, dark comedy and dystopia. Reader Advisory is a series in which community and business leaders...

BOOKS THAT ALMOST MADE ME CHANGE MY MAJOR

Submitted by Amanda Maurer, Media Intern for Reading Room CLE, Summer 2019 Amanda is an avid book reader who just finished her first year of college, where she has discovered that she has an intense, sometimes all-consuming, desire to learn. She mourns all of the...

Chapbooks and Broadsides, Explained

Our call for submissions, for the You Shoulda Been There subscription series, has sent a flurry of questions to our inbox here at The Reading Room CLE. Here are the answers, in a handy explainer for you! What is a chapbook? What is a broadside? Back in the days when...