The authentic Jane Austen recipe book you never knew you needed
Over the past year and a half or so many of us have found great joy in trying new recipes. If you are one of those people and you love… Read more »
MacDowell Colony to re-brand without the “colony”
In our collective push for a more just and equitable world we must, of course, look to our language for its biases, exclusions, and oppressions. This can take the form… Read more »
Care to rent Dashiell Hammett’s old apartment?
Do you love noir fiction, have $1850 per month, and could handle living in something (alarmingly) called a microstudio? If the answer to those questions is yes, then you’ll be… Read more »
Philly literary scene is thriving, full of women, features something called The Claw
Philadelphia’s literary resurgence has everything: a groundswell of new independent bookstores, a thriving community of readers, MFA programs, independent presses, a growing coterie of prominent writers, a women’s writing group… Read more »
Elizabeth Bishop’s Key West house purchased to be preserved
Key West has long been a haven for America’s favorite writers. Tennessee Williams, Anne Beattie, Joy Williams, and Judy Blume have all spent time there. Hemingway, of course, got the… Read more »
Phillip Roth left a substantial part of his estate to the Newark Public Library
In heartwarming bit of library news, famed, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Phillip Roth has left $2 million of his $10 million estate to the Newark Public Library, the Wall Street Journal reports.… Read more »
Dublin wants to repatriate James Joyce’s bones
The Guardian reports that Dublin’s city council has put in a bid to bring James Joyce’s remains back to Ireland. What this means, essentially, is that a bunch of people… Read more »
Stephen King’s mansion is becoming a writer’s retreat
Perfect news for spooky season: famed horror writer Stephen King is turning his home in Bangor, Maine into an archive and writer’s retreat. According to Rolling Stone, King and his… Read more »
Philip Roth’s upper west side apartment is now on the market
When a beloved (or controversial) literary icon dies, there are a few ways of keeping our connection with them alive. You can often commune with them through Melville House’s Last… Read more »
“A barrage of criticism” puts the kibosh on a new Jane Austen statue
Should you find yourself in Winchester, Hampshire County, England, you might do well to amble down to 8 College Street. There the literary traveller will find the house in which… Read more »