One morning, about a year ago, I looked out the window of my apartment in the Wallabout neighborhood in Brooklyn near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Just visible above the roofline of… Read more »

For the sixth year running, the Desk Set — Brooklyn’s social group for local librarians — will be holding the Biblioball. A party with live music, burlesque acts, and more… Read more »

After struggling with serious damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, indie publisher Kicks Books has managed to rebound and prosper with its unique brand of paperbacks, Alex Mutter writes… Read more »

My new favorite blog (as of half an hour ago, after The New Inquiry Sunday Reading pointed me there—and yes I’m using the word ‘favorite’ pretty loosely) is Stoop Books… Read more »

Kevin James’s “Vanishing Languages,” a musical performance that responds to and incorporates two endangered languages, was performed at Roulette last Thursday and Friday. “83 languages with ‘global’ influence are spoken… Read more »

I feel the need to begin this post by saying that, contrary to what I assumed when I first glanced at this story on my neighborhood blog, Gowanus Your Face Off,… Read more »

Last Thursday saw the launch of Melville House’s 200th title, The Fallback Plan by Leigh Stein, a hilarious debut novel that captures the youth zeitgeist and has been wowing the critics. The… 3 / Read more »