In the festival “Archive of Desire,” artists and musicians thoughtfully engage with the writing of Constantine P. Cavafy, a self-assessed “ultramodern poet.” Read more
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Author and Illustrator Ashley Bryan Honored in New Penn Exhibit
Ashley Bryan, renowned author and illustrator, lived to create. And throughout his long life, he created much joy in the lives of others. Bryan — also a poet, painter, and a musician — brought the richness of African culture, the vibrance of Black American spirituality and tradition, and the lost voices of enslaved people, to books read by children and adults of all races. He is one of the main reasons a large body of children’s literature today is illustrated with people of color.
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Let Us Now Praise Poetry
There’s strength in poetry — in seeking and establishing meaning in our world. Read more
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‘Silo’ Premieres May 5th on Apple TV+
In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo. Watch trailer
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MWA Announces the 2023 Edgar Award Winners
Celebrating the best mystery and crime fiction of the year. Read more
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The NY Antiquarian Book Fair: From 1750s True Crime to Warhol’s Cats
Nearly 200 dealers from 17 countries will bring plenty of acknowledged treasures and quirky surprises to the Park Avenue Armory this weekend. Read more
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‘Small Mercies’ by Dennis Lehane
The book has all the hallmarks of Lehane at his best: a propulsive plot, a perfectly drawn cast of working-class Boston Irish characters, razor-sharp wit and a pervasive darkness through which occasional glimmers of hope peek out like snowdrops in early spring. Read more
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Rare Shakespeare First Folio on Sale for $7.5 Million
Four hundred years ago, what may be the most significant book in the English language first appeared in print. Read more
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Alexandra Petri’s US History
On Petri’s deranged timeline, John and Abigail Adams try sexting, the March sisters from Little Women are sixty feet tall, and Susan Sontag goes to summer camp. Nearly eighty short, hilarious pieces span centuries of American history and culture. Ayn Rand rewrites The Little Engine That Could. Nikola Tesla’s friends stage an intervention when he falls in love with a pigeon. The characters from Sesame Street invade Normandy. And Mark Twain–who famously said reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated–offers a detailed account of his undeath, in which he becomes a zombie. Read more
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The Best Spy Movie Ever Isn’t James Bond
Being a spy is not glamorous – if anything, it’s rather mundane – but it also has the potential to be a lonely and disheartening profession where innumerable lives are lost for negligible results. It’s this feeling at the heart of the 1969 masterpiece, Army of Shadows. Read more
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