5 Most Popular Posts: May 2016

We here at the Independent love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are May’s winners.

Books? A Million.

My to-be-read stack is getting out of hand

Writers LIVE: Diane Guerrero

The author/actress comes to Baltimore this Thurs., June 2, at 7PM

5 Middle-Grade Books to Kick-Start Summer Reading

Help tweens find something good to dig into once school's out!

An Interview with Robert W. McChesney

The professor offers a sobering yet hopeful assessment of modern-day America

Genre Shaming

My choice is mine and your choice is yours

Meet J. Kael Weston

The author of The Mirror Test comes to DC Tues., May 31st, at 7PM

An Interview with Janice P. Nimura

In Daughters of the Samurai, the author resurrects the remarkable, long-buried story of three Japanese girls sent to America in the 1870s.