June’s contemporary poetry book review A little free library makes good A recap of Novella Month Literature vs. Genre Exercises in toothpaste Notes on a voice: Amis Philosophy as literature… Read more »

New volume of TS Eliot’s letters Looking for a single European e-book market Book’s words disappear as you read them Tips on rejection Woman gets cuffed for overdue book Women:… Read more »

Edward Burke, an ample, eloquent man When good book ideas turn bad Interstates = mayhem Writing as an act of optimism Welcome to Brooklyn, Mr. Amis Library of Congress acquires… Read more »

RIP Nora Ephron Let it rain (poems) Behind the scenes with W.S. Merwin Charting the cuts made to library funding Interview with Sheila Heti Reflections on a friendship: Bernard Faÿ and… Read more »

Books that shaped America The best of the worst of Woody Allen Writing the book on Amy Winehouse “The Newsroom” pilot Twitter and its effect on writing The Alan Turing… Read more »

Tolstoy’s last days And Tolstoy’s grandson meets the Dalai Lama Chris Hayes, here’s Ted Leo Apple gets the bug Your speech was phenomenal, Mr. President She’s authentic, just not original… Read more »

Brooklyn’s literary lights Just for sun: Summer solstice photos Rudolph Valentino was indeed a sainted devil James Joyce: good writer, sonofabitch Behind the scenes of Plimpton! Interview with Jimmy McGovern… Read more »

The varying interpretations of The Great Gatsby Turns out kids with shorter attention spans to don’t like to read Alice Walker will not allow Hebrew version of The Color Purple… Read more »

The short story that ruined a marriage Djuna Barnes: writer, illustrator, provocateur  In the defense of self-promotion, even the shoot yourself kind Finding the right the in the publishing landscape… Read more »

Deciphering hieroglyphics Don’t forget Vargas Llosa punched the hell out of Garcia Marquez The human attention span crumbling like a Roman aqueduct  Bismark’s brutal honesty Cultivating the leisure class Tom Bissell… Read more »