The bookstore bar aspires to combine two beloved things: wine and stacks. Though people have been pairing vittles and pages as long as either have existed, the retail trend has taken off in recent years. As Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner reported Read more >
Photo by Steven Walker One of the few places where you don’t want to see a huge stack of books is in a dumpster, but this is exactly what Floridians found yesterday on the campus of New College of Florida Read more >
Earlier this morning, more than 100 journalists from twenty news outlets and seven press freedom groups sent an open letter to United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging the U.S. “to immediately cease sending weapons to Israel amid the Read more >
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, which “honors writers whose work demonstrates the power of the written word to foster peace,” has today announced its 2024 book award finalists. The winners in each category will receive a $10,000 cash prize, and Read more >
A Christmas Carol MARLEY WAS SWEATY, LIKE SO SWEATY, to begin with. The Secret History The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation. Read more >
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the 2024/25 recipients of the National Teacher Fellowship, a program, only in its second year, “that supports and celebrates 6th-12th grade teachers using innovative methods to make reading for pleasure a part of their Read more >
Is Barack Obama the best-read President to ever hold the title of commander-in-chief? Signs point to probably. A week before his party formally convenes in Chicago to elect nominees—and conspicuously, five weeks before the proper end-of-summer—the people’s overachiever has published Read more >
My king, Richard Brody, has released his semi-annual favorite films of the year list. Which means it’s as good a time as any for this reporter to do the same. Listing favorite movies inclined me to think in wine pairing Read more >
It’s another Tuesday, and I bring tidings of new books to consider! As we weather the start of a month of some extreme weather in America—wildfires on one coast, a hurricane and tropical storm on another—it may just be the Read more >
The winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards—one of science fiction and fantasy’s most prestigious awards, decided by the popular vote of WorldCon members—were presented this weekend at the 82nd WorldCon in Glasgow, Scotland. A hearty congratulations to all of the Read more >
It’s a bad time to be a spicy book in a school library in America, or at least in Republican-controlled states. Last week, government officials in Utah and Iowa, having learned no lessons from Tipper Gore’s crusade against explicit language Read more >
I’ve been a part of many book clubs. The most successful one was the brain fruit of my most energetic friend. We met weekly, and she’d cook lavish multi-course meals inspired by the novels we chose. But the group lost Read more >
Governor Tim Walz, the K-Hive’s lately anointed candidate for America’s first vice-uncle, has been charming optimistic electoralists all week with his pleasure-to-have-in-class energy. Walz’s blithe bona fides stand out in a party whose best-known leaders tend to be millionaires with Read more >
A group of poet laureates across the United States were awarded $50,000 each from The Academy of American Poets as part of The Academy’s Fellowship Prize. The group represents a diverse body, and the funding will go towards unique projects Read more >
Maybe you’ve experienced this before: you’re reading, and starting to realize that this book is not for you. Whether it’s the bad characters, the bad plotting, or the plain old bad writing, you’re getting ready to close this book for Read more >
August is upon us! It’s been quite a summer already, filled with heat waves, international political chaos, wildfires, and more. Still, as I always say, there’s one constant you can feel some comfort with: that there will be new books Read more >
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