“Hopepunk” as a subgenre was born on Tumblr in 2017. There, fantasy author Alexandra Rowland gave her readers a simple yet powerful directive: “The opposite of grimdark is hopepunk. P…
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Amid the noise and uncertainty of our time, healing fiction can grant readers a moment of stillness. These stories show that meaning can be found in everyday adversity, that alternatives always exist,…
As a book review editor, I would describe my relationship with writing designed to sell books as something of a bombardment. I have great respect for publicists and the work they do, but doing what I…
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