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Narrative Muse is a team of passionate book, movie, and TV lovers determined to transform the media landscape! We elevate stories by and about intersectional women and gender-diverse folk by curating them for other readers and watchers.
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The Weekly Muse: Ready to get in the festive spirit? 🎄
The Weekly Muse: Ready to get in the festive spirit? 🎄
Need stories to get you through this holiday season…?
Amita Kala
Dec 24, 2022
The Weekly Muse: Immigrant stories
The Weekly Muse: Immigrant stories
“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.” -Warsan Shire
Amita Kala
Nov 4, 2022
The Weekly Muse: Impacts of historical foreign occupation
The Weekly Muse: Impacts of historical foreign occupation
Bumpy road ahead, proceed with caution!
Amita Kala
Oct 26, 2022
The Weekly Muse: Once upon a time…
The Weekly Muse: Once upon a time…
What stories will you tell the next generation?
Amita Kala
Oct 19, 2022
The Weekly Muse: Banned Books Week
The Weekly Muse: Banned Books Week
They’re really gatekeeping books? Cringe.
Amita Kala
Sep 23, 2022
The Weekly Muse: Māori Language Edition
The Weekly Muse: Māori Language Edition
Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of Aotearoa
Amita Kala
Sep 19, 2022
Book Review: Fiona and Jane (and representation and delight)
Book Review: Fiona and Jane (and representation and delight)
Something about Fiona and Jane hooked me from the very first page.
Nicole Horowitz
Aug 8, 2022
Russian Doll: S1 vs. S2 (the good, the bad, and the ugly)
Russian Doll: S1 vs. S2 (the good, the bad, and the ugly)
Russian Doll season 1 quite simply took me hostage. Here’s what I thought of season 2, and whether it measured up to S1’s high standard.
Shelbi Polk
Jul 12, 2022
The Chair: A glimpse of academia grappling with ‘wokeness’
The Chair: A glimpse of academia grappling with ‘wokeness’
With The Chair, showrunners Amanda Peet and Annie Julia Wyman bring audiences a satirical take on campus politics. We’re confident any…
Kyle Argento
May 31, 2022
Book Review: Exploring a wartime appetite for not just bread, but roses too
Book Review: Exploring a wartime appetite for not just bread, but roses too
You know George Orwell for “Nineteen Eighty-Four” but author Rebecca Solnit thinks we have much to learn from his private gardens, too
Nicole Horowitz
May 9, 2022
Book Review: Heart and Hearth is a warm and cozy comfort read
Book Review: Heart and Hearth is a warm and cozy comfort read
Heart and Hearth is a lovely novella about the world of witches, perfect for reading on a cold and rainy day.
Aisha Lelić
Mar 25, 2022
Book Review: A doom-free take on climate change is exactly what we need
Book Review: A doom-free take on climate change is exactly what we need
We’ve reduced gender disparity in education and halved child mortality, why can’t we fix climate change?
Alice Rich
Jan 20, 2022
Small Places by Tiffany Allan
Small Places by Tiffany Allan
Small Places left me pondering about the hardest moments in my life. Even in the downright crappiest of times, there was light
Aisha Lelić
Dec 8, 2021
Representation matters: a shared vision of belonging in entertainment
Representation matters: a shared vision of belonging in entertainment
How our Aotearoa New Zealand-based startup, Narrative Muse, is working to build connections between under-served audiences and the screen…
Brough Johnson
Nov 11, 2021
Book Review: Reading Crying in H Mart when you’ve cried in H Mart
Book Review: Reading Crying in H Mart when you’ve cried in H Mart
When I, a Jewish, Chinese-American nonfiction writer with a penchant for playing the guitar, first learned about Crying in H Mart, a memoir…
Nicole Horowitz
Sep 23, 2021
Do the Oscars Even Matter?
Do the Oscars Even Matter?
How Celebrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Top to Bottom is the Only Way to Keep Award Shows Beautiful and Relevant
Debbie Holloway
Mar 23, 2021
Getting intimate with desire in Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs
Getting intimate with desire in Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs is navel gazing at my favorite, very feminist level. The women in this novel agonize over their desires…
Shelbi Polk
Mar 19, 2021
I Will Survive the Viruses: COVID-19 and Racism.
I Will Survive the Viruses: COVID-19 and Racism.
Being Black in America is exhausting.
Marialuisa Monda
Feb 9, 2021
The Assistant — Review
The Assistant — Review
Released at a time when the entertainment industry is finally addressing the abuse within its walls, The Assistant shows that abuse played…
Matthew Radway
Dec 1, 2020
Halloween Horrors: Our Top 5 Scariest Films To Watch Now
Halloween Horrors: Our Top 5 Scariest Films To Watch Now
As the season of ghosts and ghouls comes upon us, there’s never been a better time to check out some of the underrated horror films in the…
Matthew Radway
Oct 16, 2020
Banned Books Week: What Does Censorship Really Mean?
Banned Books Week: What Does Censorship Really Mean?
This year’s Banned Books Week started Sunday September 27th. In previous years, many of my colleagues at Narrative Muse have heard me say…
Debbie Holloway
Sep 30, 2020
Witty Barbs and Corsets Fly in a Brilliant Period Drama
Witty Barbs and Corsets Fly in a Brilliant Period Drama
In Harlots, Moira Buffini and Alison Newman serve audiences an age when London was the place to be for the sex trade: the 1760s.
Kyle Argento
Sep 22, 2020
Review: Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis
Review: Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis
Have you ever come home from a trip with friends wishing you could run away and start a new life together?
Jess Ducey
Sep 1, 2020
Watch, Read, Eat — Six Editor’s Picks from Narrative Muse Matchmaker
Watch, Read, Eat — Six Editor’s Picks from Narrative Muse Matchmaker
Right now, a lot of people are at home, a lot of the time. And some of us have a lot of time for reading, watching… and eating.
Jessie K
Aug 25, 2020
Book Review: A bold statement and a lot to think about in The Bold World
Book Review: A bold statement and a lot to think about in The Bold World
A stunning autobiography exploring gender and identity in the context of a Black mother who learns her toddler is transgender.
Alice Rich
Aug 17, 2020
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