This fun fantasy novella offers an opportunity to reflect on identity and self-esteem.

This spinoff to The Handmaid’s Tale, set in the same tyrannical theocracy (the Republic of Gilead), alternates between the perspectives of three very different women. Aunt Lydia, the only character who’s in...

How would you handle the fear of loss and create a purpose if you lived fifteen times longer than everyone around you?

I discuss how dystopian novels can demonstrate the importance of individual rights, using Lois Lowry’s "The Giver" as my primary example.

Architect Howard Roark wants to erect buildings “such as had never stood on the face of the earth.” But his innovative approach sparks resentment and resistance. Even the woman he...

Can you imagine a threat serious enough to justify (in anyone’s mind) training children in combat?

George Orwell’s iconic 1984 certainly contains some important insights, but its view of authoritarianism has a few notable flaws.

The book provides a standout example of the essential importance of being critical and paying close attention to the ideas implicit in books on self-improvement and good living, not just their surface-level advice.

How would you go about learning everything about somebody else’s soul—without speaking with the person?

Deep dive into the ground-breaking essays of The Virtue of Selfishness and level up with the morality for loving life.

If you want to write more clearly and persuasively, this workshop is for you.

How can a fantasy series celebrate reason and science? The Memoirs of Lady Trent does it through the main character who is a dragon naturalist.