| Memoirs, essay collections and other bits of nonfiction we’re very excited about in 2017. No Images? Click here   We’re talking about nonfiction from women authors ― because a single year that includes memoir and essay collection releases from the likes of Roxane Gay, Patricia Lockwood, Joan Didion, Yiyun Li, Mary Gaitskill, Samantha Irby and Camille Paglia is worth celebrating. “Here, it’s Women’s History Month every month.”    To the people who say, “Oh, I’d love to hire more talented women illustrators, I just don’t know any.” Now you do.   Tracing the history of the Outsider Art Fair on its 25th anniversary.   We almost missed out on “Search Party” in the post-election haze. That’s exactly when we needed it most.  Every Friday, HuffPost's Culture Shift newsletter tells you which books you should read, art you should check out, movies you should watch and music should listen to. Like what you see? Share with a friend. Can't get enough? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: HuffPost's Entertainment newsletter and HuffPost Must Reads.
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27 books by women EVERYONE should read this year
8 ways to make space for more books in 2017 ✨
| Help the rest of the world get lit. No Images? Click here   “We can’t just be defeated; we can’t just turn apathetic. We have to be active.” For author and new bookstore owner Emma Straub, it’s simple: Books Are Magic!   “The OA” is emotional, spiritual, and humanistic. That doesn’t make it bunk.   If you’re getting into the “new year, new you” groove and cleaning out your closet, then you undoubtedly have stuff to give away and/or donate. For those of you with books that you’re ready to Marie Kondo out of there, here’s where they can go.  Every Friday, HuffPost's Culture Shift newsletter tells you which books you should read, art you should check out, movies you should watch and music should listen to. Like what you see? Share with a friend. Can't get enough? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: HuffPost's Entertainment newsletter and HuffPost Must Reads.
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27 spectacular photo essays from this year 📸
| In 2016, photographers and curators used images to tell more than a few worthy stories. No Images? Click here   Read an excerpt of Octavia Butler’s “Kindred,” now a graphic novel. Richard Adams knew his book would frighten kids. And that’s why he wrote it.   Another year over, a new one about to begin. What better time to remember the visual stories from 2016 that reminded us humanity is a beautiful, complicated mess?   “In response to this disgusting validation of hate, we will not cover a single [Simon & Schuster] book in 2017.”   Short film directors, screenwriters and Academy Award-winning actresses talk navigating a still unequal landscape.   The best-selling, award-winning writer was so much more than Princess Leia. And, in honor of her mother, Debbie Reynolds, who died just one day after her daughter, read our tribute to a dancing hero.  Every Friday, HuffPost's Culture Shift newsletter tells you which books you should read, art you should check out, movies you should watch and music should listen to. Like what you see? Share with a friend. Can't get enough? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: HuffPost's Entertainment newsletter and HuffPost Must Reads.
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