The opening paragraph from Elizabeth Minkel’s article in The New Yorker certainly caught my attention. Could it be true that the decline of reading may be on the reverse? Dana Gioia, the chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts, reports that more Americans are […]
I just received my copy of a new book written by historian Stephen Greenblatt called The Swerve: How the World Became Modern. The book tells the story of an ancient manuscript that changed how we look at the world. Here is the overview from Barnes […]
A couple of years ago, I purshaced David Michaelis’ acclaimed biography called Schulz and Peanuts. I plan to read it this winter. I recently came across this video that makes me want to read it all the more.
It looks to be an exciting fall season for book lovers. The Book Beast has assembled a few of the highlights: “It’s time to get serious with the annual fall reading bonanza when publishers release all their marquee names, big stars, and prize contenders. The […]
I love the Library of America and their wonderful editions of American liiterature. The quality of every volume is of the best quality. I never knew some of the details until I visited the publisher’s website. Some interesting facts from their notes on the production […]
Harvard University is establishing its own digital library of the world, and it will rival the work that Google is doing. From the Boston Globe: “Who will control knowledge in the future? “So far, the most likely answer to that question has been a private […]
If you are looking for some summer reads, Time magazine has a collection of well-known writers (and readers) who share what they are reading at the moment. Here is what Salman Rushdie has in his bag: “I’m really looking forward to The Pale King. I’m […]
We are obsessed by the electronic, writes Johann Hari in The Independent: “The book – the physical paper book – is being circled by a shoal of sharks, with sales down 9 per cent this year alone. It’s being chewed by the e-book. It’s being […]
Erik Larson has a new book out and it is already atop the charts. I’m quickly trying to finish his nonfiction hit from a few years ago, The Devil in the White City, a huge bestseller about the murders that took place during the Chicago […]
A great paragraph from Morris Dickstein about the decline of book culture. He made the remarks at a panel on “The Next Decade in Book Culture,†with special emphasis in criticism and book reviewing, at the PEN World Voices Festival, April 27, 2011, cosponsored by […]