Dana Staves

The 2017 VIDA Count is in. Find out which publications worked for and achieved gender parity and which ones still have work to do.

Dana has a soft spot for daring literary ladies who lay it all on the line, and she is sharing some books from her recent reading life that fit the bill.

Short poems for when you need a quick poetry fix.

Rioter Dana runs down the great bookish episodes from the Sporkful podcast, and lines up a few more archived episode to check out.

What do these literary ladies have in common? Dana and her fellow Rioters are leaving these them off the invite list to the cookie swap!

As every year draws to a close, Rioter Dana grapples with all the books she didn't read.

Why it's a good idea to purge unwanted books from your shelves before new books come in for the holidays (and what to do with them).

A celebration of LGBT food memoirs, but also a call for more food stories from LGBT voices.

A collection of noteworthy falls in literature: falls from grace, falling in love, and just plain...falling down.

Rioter Dana looks back at the young girl narrators she admires and examines the lessons they hold for her as an adult reader and writer.

Rioters name the best books we read in August!

Rioter Dana needs all the literary fabric, and she thinks you probably do too.

We wanted to throw a few more favorite sentences into the mix and give you more of Book Riot's favorite first lines in literature.

The Good Place left us with one heck of a cliffhanger - what are we supposed to do until season two comes out in September? Read books. That's what.

Before the revival season in the fall, take a look back at the best bookish moments from Will & Grace.