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Literary References in The Good Place
[TV still from The Good Place, Fremulon]
Holy mother forking shirt balls. The Good Place is back on January 4. The November 4 episode about Derek – remember Derek? – feels like it happened a lifetime ago, so we’re here to catch you up on the literary references from the first season and a half of the show. Surprise! They’re all philosophy texts. We hope you’ve kept up with your reading. You know how Chidi can get.
Caution: spoilers abound!
Posted by Danielle Mohlman
Q&A with My Lady’s Choosing Authors Kitty and Larissa
Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris are the authors of the upcoming choose-your-path romance novel My Lady's Choosing. These ladies are creative, smart, and incredibly funny. Read their Q&A below!
Posted by Quirk Books Staff
Elf on the Shelf Literary Edition
[Photo by erin mckenna on Unsplash]
While Elf on the Shelf might be a fairly new holiday tradition, elves have appeared in literature for hundreds of years. While these elves don’t work for Santa, they do end up in a lot of mischief. Here’s our list of famous elves in literature!
Posted by Sandra Woolf
Pop Culture Based Conversation Starters For The Holidays
The holidays can be difficult. After all, one cannot choose their family, and it takes time before all the complex carbohydrates and copious amounts of egg nog to do their work and put everyone to sleep. What do you talk about in meantime that won’t set off a shouting match? Books, television and movies, of course!
Posted by Jadzia Axelrod
The Last of Their Kind
[Movie still from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Lucasfilms and Walt Disney Pictures]
It's December again, which means of all things going on, the most important is a new Star Wars movie. There's also some holiday which is rumored to be right around the corner, but that takes a close second to the continued stories of the Skywalker family. We wanted to take a look at some other pop culture characters who are the last of their kind.
Posted by David Winnick
What If Other Authors Had Written A Christmas Carol?
We all know the story of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol; it’s been retold and adapted enough times that it’s become part of popular culture. Certainly a great deal of its longevity has to do with Dickens particular blend of wit and pathos. But what if he wasn’t the one who penned the classic? How would A Christmas Carol read if some other authors took a crack at it?
Posted by Jadzia Axelrod
