September 18, 2013

The Booker Prize is not perfect. Anyone who does not have a book shortlisted on any given year can tell you with annoyance just how much (too much) of books… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
Barnes & Noble takes penultimate step to exiting Queens — Liam O'Brien
Fifth employee connected to Hong Kong bookstore goes missing — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard

Keep us out! Changing the Booker rules will damage America

Alex Shephard

What follows is an excerpt from The Alex Shephard Radio Program. You can listen to the Alex Shephard Radio Program Monday-Friday from 3AM-6AM on WABC. BEGIN TRANSCRIPT ALEX: Folks, I’m… Read more »

Ghostwriters on weed, love, cash, and vampires

Sal Robinson

Ghostwriters are the black sheep — but the highly envied black sheep — of the literary world: though the mere presence of them destroys the lovely fantasy of the words… Read more »

German philosophy nerd argument ends in gunfire

Kirsten Reach

A twenty-six year old philosophy nerd fell into conversation with a twenty-eight year old philosophy nerd while they waited in line for beer in an outdoor stall in the city… Read more »

Strand to open popup location at Sloan-Kettering

The Strand Bookstore will be temporarily setting up shop at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center this weekend, Jessica Silvester writes for New York. The landmark store’s first popup location is a… Read more »

Melville House Books

Yanks out! Changing the Booker rules will damage British literary culture

Zeljka Marosevic