Among the books I’ve been most humbled to contribute to in some small way, our collection of essays by the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Is Journalism Worth Dying For?, is surely… Read more »

Time for our weekly installment of music videos that include some sort of literary reference. Today it’s Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” which is literary not only for its poetic… 1 / Read more »

Just a day before his extradition case will be decided before the British Supreme Court, Julian Assange debuted a new episode of his TV show. His guests: a number of… Read more »

Part two in our new weekly series featuring music videos that refer, in some way or other, to books. This week it’s “The Book I Read” by the Talking Heads,… Read more »

Are print books and digital books pretty much the same thing? In a short, stirring documentary video called “The Story of the Book,” British booksellers Adrian Harrington and Jonathan Kearnes… Read more »

Just last December, it was the talk of not just the UK but New York when James Daunt, legendary London indie bookseller and currently head of chain retailer Waterstones, publicly… 2 / Read more »

Neil Gaiman gave the commencement address at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia last Thursday. “I thought I’d tell you everything I wish I’d known starting out,” he told… Read more »

A group of fraternity brothers from Lousiana Tech University burning their textbooks in celebration of the end of the school year are believed by local authorities to have caused a… 7 / Read more »

Introducing our newest series: Friday music videos somehow or other related to books. First up, Vampire Weekend performing “Oxford Comma.” Yes, the first line is, “Who gives a fuck about… 1 / Read more »

For those who missed the original airing, as I did, this post over at the Daily News points to a very contrary Diane Keaton appearing on the Colbert Report recently… Read more »