We want the books house!
Huge concrete slabs make “The Books House” in Sydney, Australia look like a stack of books on a “table” of sandstone. The private home, which was recently described (and photographed!)… Read more »
Sam Shepard’s posthumous last book, edited by Patti Smith, is not a novel
On Tuesday, Knopf published Sam Shepard’s final work, Spy of the First Person, edited by singer-songwriter-author Patti Smith. Shepard, who won ten Obie Awards and a Pulitzer for his playwrighting, and was familiar… Read more »
Aslı Erdoğan has been freed by Turkey, which remains a terrible country for writers
The government of Turkey has lifted a travel ban imposed on novelist, journalist, and human rights activist Aslı Erdoğan. We’ve covered Erdoğan (no relation Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan) since 2016’s failed coup. The author was initially arrested in an August… Read more »