Middle of the Night by Riley Sager My rating: 2 of 5 stars I picked “Middle of the Night” up…

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Platform Decay by Martha Wells My rating: 3 of 5 stars Platform Decay should have felt like a homecoming. Instead,…

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Facets of Death by Michael Stanley My rating: 3 of 5 stars “Facets of Death” is a strange sort of…

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It all began with the discovery of a cherry red lipstick print left behind on a crypt and a conversation with a stranger at Marilyn Monroe’s grave. That encounter blossomed into a quest to find out about those who not only pay homage to the Marilyn of the silver screen, but most surprisingly, to the

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The trailblazing actress says confronting childhood trauma in her new memoir helped her reconnect with the resilience that carried her

The final artist of Handmade Artist Books week is Veronika Schapers. It was to see her work that I went to the Book Becoming Art exhibition at the SVMA last year. My heart leapt. Experiencing her work firsthand expanded my understanding of the artist’s book and the breadth of its possibilities. Veronika redefines what a

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I felt transported to another world at the Book Becoming Art exhibition at the SVMA (Sonoma Valley Museum of Art) last year, which showcased contemporary artist books inspired by Japanese aesthetics. One of the works that captivated me was Jack and the Beanstalk by Ryoko Adachi. I spent hours immersed in it, fascinated by its uniqueness

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Shahria Sharmin’s ‘Call me Heena’ is an exploration of the Hijra (third gender) community in Bangladesh through tender and emotionally layered black and white portraits. The artist book shines with quiet strength, its thoughtful design choice inviting the viewers into a deeply humane world where Hijras are seen not as “others”, but as individuals with

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