By now, you’ve probably seen the celebratory headlines: the new version of Candyman directed by Nia DaCosta, a reboot of the 1992 cult classic, has made cinematic history. According to People, DaCosta is the first Black female director to debut at Read more >
Sarah Manguso, whose nonfiction work 300 Arguments was called “the perfect book, with no gristle on it” by The New Republic, is publishing her eighth book and first novel with Hogarth in February. The novel has already been called “a Read more >
Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (Gallery/Saga Press) “Readers will be drawn in by the effortless storytelling and Jade’s unique cadence. This is a methodically paced story where every detail both entertains and matters, and the expertly rendered Read more >
The last few summers have been labeled, variously and one after another, the summer of hot girls; white boys; hot vaccines; blob girls; tinned fish; and innumerable others. Summer trends come and go, but one summer concept has endured through Read more >
Here’s another place I wish I were right now: Polish duo Bartlomiej Kraciukand and Marta Puchalska-Kraciuk have designed the “Bookworm cabin,” located in the woods a few dozen miles outside Warsaw, for, yes, bookworms who want to catch up on Read more >
Attn: small presses! Republic of Consciousness has announced the launch of a new prize, which seeks to support presses in the US and Canada publishing eighteen or fewer books each year. The 2022 prize cycle will open this October, and Read more >
Today, Riverhead announced that Marlon James’s next novel, Moon Witch, Spider King—the follow-up to his New York Times-bestselling Black Leopard, Red Wolf—will be published on February 15, 2022. It’s a follow-up, but not exactly a sequel. Here’s the book’s official Read more >
If you’re one of those people who can’t seem to stop rewatching New Girl because of the laughter and general levity it always brings, perhaps you would like this Instagram account that shares screenshots from the beloved show, out of context. Read more >
Haruki Murakami is not pleased with the way the Japanese prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, is handling the pandemic, the AP reports. This Sunday, on Murakami’s monthly radio show, he criticized Suga’s optimistic rhetoric around the pandemic. Just before the Tokyo Read more >
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, Peter Heller’s The Guide, Deborah Levy’s Real Estate, and Kat Chow’s Seeing Ghosts all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Read more >
Exciting news for the research-inclined: Yale University has launched a new digital collections platform, where users can view all digitized collections material from Yale’s Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. Over time, other Yale Library digital collections will be moved Read more >
Today, August 27, marks the release of singer-songwriter Halsey’s fourth studio album, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. I’m not a Halsey superfan, but I do like some of their singles and they’ve had some interesting visuals. (Halsey Read more >
As you may know, Amazon is spending somewhere around a billion American dollars to create a series set in the the Second Age of Tolkien’s Middle-earth. The Third Age is when The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy Read more >
This morning, in a press release, Sarah McNally of McNally Jackson announced the launch of McNally Editions, a new paperback reprint series “devoted to hidden gems.” “As any bookseller knows, recommending books is the most rewarding part of our job—especially Read more >
Did you know? Today, August 26, is National Dog Day! The day celebrates all our canine friends, from large to small, Westminster Kennel Club stars to beloved rescue pups. The holiday was originally founded in 2004 by Collen Paige, who Read more >
It’s always nice when they nail the lead. Apple TV+ today confirmed that not only has The Changeling—a fantastical urban horror drama based on Victor LaValle’s best-selling 2017 book of the same name—been given a series order, but that LaKeith Read more >
Here’s some good news for liars, scoundrels and chaos-sowers: accessory company MOSISO has designed a laptop case that resembles a vintage, leather-bound book. At only $26.99, this is a perfect product for the KOKOPELLIS and ANANSIS of the world who Read more >
If you like stories but find musicals irritating and books long, you might enjoy Arm Joe, an indie Street Fighter-style game based on Les Miserables. Arm Joe is a homophonic translation of the phrase “Ah, mujou!”, a phrase recognizing the Read more >
Sally Rooney has pulled a Lorde: after releasing two smash hits, she’s retreated from city life. According to Vogue, Rooney has moved back to rural west Ireland, near the quiet town where she grew up; she spends weekdays working and Read more >
54 years after her death, legendary author and wit Dorothy Parker’s cremated remains have finally been transported from Baltimore, where she was initially buried, to New York City, her primary home—and her tombstone has a new inscription. Parker was never Read more >
