Philip Roth is donating his private book collection to the Newark Public Library
Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award–winning author Philip Roth is donating his collection of 4,000 books to Newark Public Library, the writer’s “other home” while he was a student at… Read more »
The Art of the Novella challenge 44: Stempenyu: A Jewish Romance
Title: Stempenyu: A Jewish Romance Author: Sholem Aleichem First published: 1888 Page count: 195 First line: Stempenyu was the nickname he inherited from his father. What makes this a specifically… Read more »
Jonathan Safran Foer’s quasi-novel inspires Olafur Eliasson, Wayne McGregor, and Jamie xx’s non-quasi-ballet
Let’s begin with two remarks by visual artist, soil salinizer, and hip-hop star Olafur Eliasson. First, his endorsement of Jonathan Safran Foer’s non-novel Tree of Codes: Jonathan Safran Foer, [sic, because… Read more »