Serhiy Zhadan, Ukranian poet, beaten at protests
Kharkiv, among other cities across Ukraine, has been the site of a series of protests over the last few months after Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych backed out of a trade… Read more »
Jonathan Lethem and Gary Panter speak out against the NYPL plan
Library advocacy groups like Library Lovers League and Citizens Defending Libraries or ordinary humans of New York like Matthew Zadrozny aren’t the only ones who are rallying to prevent the… Read more »
On the Central Library Plan, Humans of New York interviewee Matthew Zadrozny kills it
Matthew Zadrozny is a hero to thousands. And not only because he looks good wearing a oilskin duster coat and eating chicken from a camping saucepan in front of the… Read more »
Rare books burn in Egypt, only accusations remain
The burning of the ancient Royal Library at Alexandria ranks among history’s greatest tragedies and depending on the era and bias of the historian “recording” its loss, blame has been… Read more »