Melville House Books

On Thursday, September 6th, the Supreme Court of India unanimously declared unconstitutional that the country’s 150 year old ban on consensual gay sex. It was a momentous decision, one which… Read more »

Reading kicks ass. Books are a sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of our daily lives. An epic story can seemingly transport you to another time, place, and mindset. In short,… Read more »

Joan Didion has called the work of Bob Woodward–whose expose of the Trump administration, Fear, appeared last week–”political pornography.” By this she meant it was a reductive (if gratifying on… Read more »

There’s something powerful about the way a writer’s mind reacts to old, empty spaces. Whether it’s a rotted hole in the floor or the abandoned remains of a crumbling hallway, a… Read more »

In a 2013 New Yorker article, Tim Kreider observed a trend in lacking cover design and his own difficulty in creating a marketable cover. He wrote, Although the covers of… Read more »

The nominees for the New Academy prize for literature have been announced. The New Academy has clearly taken steps to make it’s nomination process distinctly transparent and democratic, compiling their original… Read more »

Israeli publisher Resling Books has quickly, and without notice, removed a collection of stories by Arab women writers from its catalog after it was revealed they never asked any of… Read more »

Book lovers and employment seekers, take note. There’s a hot job on the market that you need to keep an eye on. Hint: It sounds like a paid vacation. Job… Read more »

A great sentence is everything. One line can be utterly transformative–picking the reader up and setting them down in a completely different place–and captivating. Martin Amis gave some terrific advice… Read more »

Ditch the career counselor. Grab a library card instead. According to Kristin Toussaint writing for New York Metro, one branch of the New York Public Library wants to help teens look… Read more »

As a teenager, John Bunn was wrongly convicted of murder. After 17 years in jail, he spent the next decade on parole and fought for his exoneration. Now, after 27… Read more »

Are you chipping away at that novel but hitting a road block or two? Well, take some top-notch writing advice from the great Ray Bradbury. Among many gems in this… Read more »

There’s so much society overlooks when it concerns its citizens and correctional facilities. One of the biggest issues our culture brushes aside? How to support family members and relatives of people who are… Read more »

It’s no secret: I love to read, voraciously even. So, it’s not a surprise to anyone (especially you, dear reader) that I read multiple books at once. It’s kind of… Read more »

Kate Bush fans have something to celebrate. The multifaceted, literary-inspired musician is going to release her first book of lyrics, How to Be Invisible with Faber in December. The cloth-bound tome… Read more »

It all begins by opening a book and starting with the first page. That being said, first lines are captivating, perhaps even intoxicating. Here are some of our first lines… Read more »

Thanks to the zero tolerance policy that Donald Trump’s administration began enforcing last April, countless families have been ripped apart at the US-Mexican border in recent months. Currently, more than 2,500… Read more »

An Arabic digital library has received a $500,000 grant for its ongoing efforts to digitize Arabic texts and make their files accessible. Arabic Collections Online began as an academic undertaking at NYU… Read more »

In California, a state where half of all children have at least one immigrant parent, libraries are working to accommodate the needs of their patrons. Thanks to a grant from the… Read more »

If this were 2008, I would tell you to change your dial to ABC as you eagerly awaited the new Shonda Rhimes-produced drama sure to change TV forever. But it’s not… Read more »