Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown fresh light on a shadowy corner of the rare book world. Read more
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Month: April 2024
Palestinian American Poet Fady Joudah Receives $100,000 Prize
Fady Joudah, a Palestinian American poet who has said he writes for the future because “the present is demolished,” has received a $100,000 award from Poets & Writers … The Jackson prize was established in 2007, and has previously been given to Sonia Sanchez, Joy Harjo and Claudia Rankine among others. Read more
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Quick! Someone Get This Book a Doctor
Inside the book conservation lab at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Read more
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For Caleb Carr, Salvation Arrived on Little Cat’s Feet
As he struggled with writing and illness, the “Alienist” author found comfort in the feline companions he recalls in a new memoir, “My Beloved Monster.” Read more
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‘The Sympathizer’ Adaptation Premieres April 14th
The Sympathizer, the new HBO Original Limited Series from Park Chan-wook and Robert Downey Jr. and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, premieres April 14 on Max. Watch trailer
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10 Writers Win 2024 Whiting Awards for Emerging Authors
Each writer will receive $50,000 to help support their craft — one of largest awards granted to new authors. A number of past Whiting winners have gone on to publish award-winning and bestselling works, including Hernan Diaz, Catherine Lacey, Colson Whitehead, Alice McDermott and Ocean Vuong. Read more
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‘Another Day’s Pain’ by K. C. Constantine
Decades of unresolved trauma power the deeply moving, posthumously published final Rocksburg procedural (after 2002’s Saving Room for Dessert) from Constantine (1934–2023) … Constantine ends the long-running series on a high note, striking an elegiac tone that never tilts into triteness. Here’s hoping this graceful final act will spark new interest in an unsung master of crime fiction. Read more
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The Art of the Literary Poster
For lovers of vintage books and periodicals, “The Art of the Literary Poster” celebrates a vibrant niche in late-19th-century advertising. Read more
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How to Shop in Used Bookstores: 14 Tips From a Bibliophile
Being now a grizzled veteran of many, many expeditions to used bookshops, I’ve gradually assembled a set of principles to guide me in my quests for biblio-treasure. What follows are a few of the unofficial rules and insider tips to bear in mind when you go out “booking.” Read more
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‘What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez’ wins the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Claire Jiménez’s “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,” a hard-hitting and comic novel set in New York City about a Puerto Rican family’s search for a missing girl, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Read more
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