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On the Shelf :: a Reading Roundup
There’s something very human about making lists. We’re always looking forward; we always have something on our minds. For me, along with all my fellow compulsive readers, it’s books. It takes all my...
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On the Shelf: What’s a Bestseller?, Ed Champion Recommends, and Short Stories...
The summer issue of Bookforum features a collection of critical essays about bestselling books. Ruth Franklin, literary critic and senior editor at The New Republic, discusses the history of the...
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The Laura Miller Interview: B-Sides and Outtakes
The independent bookstore McNally Jackson, located in SoHo, New York, features a regular series called “Conversations on Practice” hosted by author and musician Glenn Kurtz. Kurtz, an excellent...
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Examining the New Weird
“Literature is a product of its influences. We all riff on something, work against a certain background, mine a vein of thought or style to which somebody else showed us the way.” –K.J. Bishop “The...
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Books for Writers: Second Reading by Jonathan Yardley
Second Reading: Notable and Neglected Books Revisited by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Jonathan Yardley is a study in creative literary criticism. The book, a collection of columns that originally ran...
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On the Shelf: Recent Sights and Sounds
Here are a few things that caught my eyes and ears these past few days. Rub Out the Words: the Letters of William S Burroughs 1959-1974 ed by Bill Morgan I’ve always found William Burroughs intriguing...
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Who to Read: Daniel Mendelsohn on Classical Literature
Last year culture critic and essayist Daniel Mendelsohn, a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker, participated in a talk on practice. As a trained classicist you...
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Week in the World: The Best Things Ever
I’ve been reading so many great books lately that after finishing each one I’m tempted to call it The Best Thing Ever. I’ve also seen some incredible movies, gotten hooked on TV shows, and listened to...
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Write it Like Tin House
Every year Tin House, a literary journal and independent publishing house, coordinates a Summer Writer’s Workshop, a “weeklong intensive of workshops, seminars, panels, and readings.” Together with...
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New in Paperback for April
When you head out to the bookstore this month, keep your eye out for these new paperback titles and you won’t be disappointed. The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison Beginning with her experience as a...
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