Melville House author Caitriona Lally wins the Rooney Prize
In 2017, Melville House published the poignant and stirring novel, Eggshells by Caitriona Lally. A novel about identity, fitting in, and human connection, it’s no surprise that this book is beloved by many.… Read more »
All of the books we loved in September
Each Monday our Melville House staff members wax poetics over what book they just can’t put down. Check out what our crew has to say on these top picks and… Read more »
Intellectual show-offs and other insufferable book customers
Today we will cover the five worst kinds of bookstore customers, as told by Shaun Bythell, author of The Diary of a Bookseller. Don’t be one of them. 1. The self-proclaimed… Read more »
Writing advice: Michael Bible
I love a good literary interview. The sort that deep-dives into a tell-all conversation between one or more authors that eventually leads to conclusions like “this worked for me, maybe… Read more »
“Russian aluminum workers are apparently worthy of special protection”: Lawrence O’Donnell has been reading Seth Hettena
In case you missed it, in yesterday’s New York Times, Seth Hettena brought down some serious truth. In an opinion piece for the Times, Hettena—the author of Trump / Russia: A Definitive History—writes of Russian oligarch… Read more »
Freshman Move-In Day: Why it still sucks for all
“Move-in Day” is the term used to describe an obscure national rite of passage that is loathed by all and sundry. Each year on this occasion, hundreds of thousands of… Read more »
Nike founder Phil Knight’s memoir Shoe Dog is coming to Netflix
In 2016 Phil Knight–the founder of Nike–published his memoir Shoe Dog. It jumped to #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list, and moved hundreds of thousands of copies. Now,… Read more »
It’s beginning to look a lot like Hemingway lookalike season
This year, as in every year since 1981, Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Key West hosted its beloved Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest to celebrate the author’s birthday. On July 21, 2018, Papa would… Read more »
Strange Stars: An Interplanetary Tour Diary (Part I)
When my book Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded was about to come out earlier this year, I had plenty of discussions with Melville House’s… Read more »
The Ballad of the Sad Walt Whitman Residence
In the beautiful American city of Brooklyn, near the Navy Yards and the future location of what will be the five boroughs’ first Wegman’s (we await you all breathless, o noblest grocery chain), between the crook… Read more »