Last week the National Book Foundation rolled out the longlists of nominees in all five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature.  Each list consists of ten… Read more »

There is nothing more of a pain in the butt than for a cultural ambassador from one country to be denied entry into another. But it happens often, with greatening frequency, to… Read more »

As August creeps closer, the end of summer looms, promising of cooler days, Labor Day sales, and, for some, the end of summer programs. At eight public elementary schools across New York… Read more »

Last week, Barry Jenkins, director of the Oscar Award-winning Moonlight, attended a meeting of Community Board 10 in Harlem, where he took to a podium and spoke to the neighborhood’s representatives and residents about his intention to film… Read more »

This past week, all of Brooklyn’s lovely people came together once again to celebrate books—those weird little paper-and-glue objects distilled in the cask of thought and wonderment that is the… Read more »

We’re a little late to the party on this, but in case you haven’t already heard, members of the Village Voice Union (a historic chapter of the UAW Local 2110,… Read more »

Socialist Survivalism: A Democracy Beyond Democracy This is Part III in a four-part series; don’t miss: Part I: Three Fateful Ironies of Democracy Part II: Beneath the Volcano III. Cult… Read more »

New York Review Comics, the new imprint from NYRB Classics, just released its first title: Agony by Mark Beyer. Originally published in 1987, Agony charts the misadventures of Amy and… Read more »