Though the campaign began earlier this week, the official launch of #WeNeedDiverseBooks began yesterday afternoon. There’s a Twitter conversation at 2 PM today and a Diversify Your Shelves chat on… Read more »

When images of the new statue of Edgar Allan Poe to be installed in central Boston later this year were circulated online last week, there was something awfully familiar about… Read more »

Doris Lessing died on Sunday. She was the author of numerous novels, short story collections, plays, librettos and memoirs, and her work spanned multiple genres and modes of inquiry as… Read more »

Opposition to the Central Library Plan was out in force at the annual Literary Lions 2013 gala on Monday night. As trustees, patrons, and guests climbed the steps to the… Read more »

Using the Poetry Genius section of Rap Genius, author Junot Diaz released an excerpt of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao with his own annotations. He points out references to… Read more »

“I’m as surprised as many of you are, I’m sure, that Hilary Mantel didn’t win, since she seems to win everything — either her or Junot Diaz,” says Shalom Auslander… Read more »

One great way to end the year would be to help an indie bookstore, right? Well, direct your dollars to Word Up in Washington Heights and their Indiegogo project to… Read more »

The MacArthur Foundation has announced their fellows for 2012, and among a crowd of recipients that includes an economist, an astronomer, a geriatrician, and one lucky mandolinist, this year’s prize… Read more »