35 New York Authors’ Favorite New York Authors
We don’t know about you, but we’re always in the market for a new literary discovery. And when you’re on the hunt for a new book or a new writer to delve into, who better to ask than the folks who make...
View ArticleLiterary People on Life, Love, and ‘The Little Prince’
As you may have heard, this month marks the 70th anniversary of the first publication of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic kids-book-for-adults (or adult-book-for-kids) The Little Prince. This book...
View ArticleThe Most Stylish People in Literature
Another New York Fashion Week is in the books after today. There were some highs, and there were some definite lows. Lots of pictures of celebrities looking bored while models walked past them were...
View ArticleFlavorwire’s 15 Most Anticipated Books of 2014
The last 365 days yielded a considerable bounty of great books to get through, and the next 12 months on the calendar promise to be no different. Even though you’re surely sick and tired of reading...
View Article12 Amazing Author Selfies
As everyone knows, 2013 was the year of the selfie, something we’ve all groaned over, bemoaning the state of kids today. But selfies aren’t just for moody teenagers — they’re also employed by moody...
View Article10 Must-Read Books for May
Despite the fact that the rain and cold have stubbornly refused to leave some parts of the US, it’s spring, and spring means things are in bloom. Sure, we’re talking about flowers, but we’re also...
View ArticleThe 35 Writers Who Run the Literary Internet
The debate as to whether the Internet is good or bad for literature doesn’t seem any closer to resolution now than when it began, years ago, but the fact remains that some people in the literary world...
View ArticleThe 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2016
It’s far too early to have read the major book releases of 2016 — or even the likely contenders published in the first quarter of 2016 — but at this point it’s fair to say that among all of the...
View Article10 Must-Read Books for May 2016
Just before the plunge into lighter reading that comes with a change of the season, May offers plenty of high-quality literary writing — especially novels. Is Zero K one of DeLillo’s best? Can The...
View ArticleThe Year in Books: The 15 Best Books of 2016
Most of the year’s strongest novels had historical heavy subject matter, befitting a year that felt to American readers like the darkest in memory. My “best of” list is reflective of that trend,...
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