If you live in New York City, you may have noticed the hubbub around the General Assembly of the United Nations, which began last week and runs through tomorrow. Considering that it was also UN Climate Week, you may also Read more >
We love indie bookstores. Even people who don’t read books love them. Insofar as movies and TV are a technicolor mirror of public perception, indie bookstores are wonderful and pure, quaint and charming—no one who works at (or owns!) an Read more >
Back in 2019, when we walked maskless, Netflix and Warner Bros. Television first announced they were adapting Sandman, Neil Gaiman’s sprawling comic book series about Morpheus, Lord of Dreams, and the powerful group of siblings known as the Endless, into Read more >
The dog days of summer are over and fall is officially here. Get out your circle scarves, riding boots, and chunky sweaters—goodbye Hot Girl Summer and hello Christian Girl Autumn! Now, I may not be a pumpkin spice latte fan, Read more >
When Trout Fishing in America author Richard Brautigan insulted his friend, the novelist Thomas McGuane, at a party, McGuane responded: “You’re nothing but a pet rock . . . a hula hoop.” This type of accusation plagued Brautigan’s life; his Read more >
48 years ago this week Pablo Neruda—the Nobel Prize-winning writer-diplomat whom Gabriel García Márquez once called “the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language”—died at the age of 69. A former senator for the Chilean Communist Party and close Read more >
Today marks the 126th birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald—and now you can celebrate (sedately) by reading the autograph manuscript of The Great Gatsby, or the 2-page Ur-Gatsby, which Fitzgerald abandoned shortly after writing, or corrected galleys of Trimalchio, which was Read more >
Writer RZ Baschir’s short story “The Chicken” has won the 2021 White Review Short Story Prize, an annual prize for emerging writers without a publishing deal. Baschir will receive £2,500, editorial feedback, and publication of her story in The White Read more >
In July, the National Book Foundation announced that the 2021 National Book Awards Ceremony would be held in person, with proof of vaccination required for guests. Now, due to ongoing uncertainty related to the coronavirus, the ceremony has been moved Read more >
This is a Shel Silverstein appreciation post. He has given us so much over the years! Most famously, we have The Giving Tree, a twisted children’s book about a benevolent tree that gives up its whole self for an unappreciative little Read more >
Yes! I do. You probably do, too. Well, starting today, as part of the International Literature Festival Utrecht, you can indeed stream video of the utterly delightful Olivia Colman reading a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante (as translated by Read more >
Today McGill University announced the shortlist for the 2021 Cundill History Prize, prestigious nonfiction award that goes to a book that, alongside historical scholarship, “offers originality, literary quality, and a broad appeal.” The jury—chaired this year by Michael Ignatieff—will reward Read more >
Parents outside of Kansas City have been protesting Cass County Public Library Board of Trustees meetings for two months in the hopes of banning a children’s book about puberty from the library, KKTV reported yesterday. One protestor held a sign Read more >
Here is some grim news: conservative freedom fighter Mark Levin’s latest book, American Marxism, which came out in July, has surpassed one million copies sold. No, American Marxism isn’t an SDA how-to, it’s a fearmongering screed that “seeks to rally Read more >
I keep hearing that “stories make us human.” Now, a Copenhagen-based project has skipped the middleman; at Ronni Abergel’s “Human Library,” visitors can “check out” a person to hear their life story. At the Human Library, visitors can read one Read more >
Struggling to read more but just can’t find the time? Well, Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction may have the solution (for free!). The staff at the not-for-profit is curating short stories for NYC’s first Short Story Dispenser, which is scheduled to Read more >
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