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E.R. Zarevich

E.R. Zarevich is a writer and teacher from Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Her research journalism has appeared in Women in Higher Education, Jstor Daily, Russian Life, and The Calvert Journal, among others. 

Why F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Vegetable Was So Rotten

His oft-forgotten foray into playwriting that failed to take root.

The Best Books with Asexual Characters

“Maybe we weren't broken after all.” Calista Lynne, We Awaken

5 Incredible Books by War Correspondent Martha Gellhorn

"I have no intention of being a footnote in someone else’s life.” —Martha Gellhorn, on her relationship with Ernest Hemingway

Where to Start with Isabel Allende

“You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.” —Isabel Allende. 

6 Books About Libraries You'll Want to Catalog

“In principle and reality, libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder.” —Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

The Depressing Love Triangle of the Romantics 

“I was caught in a love triangle with one dead side.”John Green, Looking for Alaska. 

I Read The Suicide Academy by Daniel Stern, Because Anaïs Nin Did

When a literary master raves about a book, you read it.

5 Books About Characters Navigating the Afterlife

“Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born, just a change.” —Isabel Allende

The Real-Life Inspirations Behind Scrooge

“Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. I don’t make merry myself at Christmas and I can’t afford to make idle people merry.” –Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, pre-ghosts. 

Did Voltaire Start the Caffeine-Addicted Writer Stereotype?

The Candide author was known to drink copious amounts of coffee.

What Mary Shelley Wrote Besides Frankenstein

She created much more than the Modern Prometheus.

4 Edmund White Books That Everyone Should Read

“The most important things in our intimate lives can't be discussed with strangers, except in books.” ―Edmund White

3 Brontë Subplots Skipped in Movie and TV Adaptations

If you didn't read the books, you're missing some of the story.