The news hit hard earlier this week: BookCourt, a beloved Brooklyn indie bookstore that has for thirty-five years stared down the ravages of Amazon, gentrification, and other forces of darkness, will be closing its doors at the end of this month.… Read more »

The Man Booker Prize 2016 longlist was announced yesterday at noon. The Booker “dozen” of thirteen novels was chosen from 155 submissions, published in the UK between 1 October 2015 and 30… Read more »

Last week, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced the winners of the 2015 prizes. The fiction award went to Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See—which was hailed in these… Read more »

UPDATE: Barnes & Noble is not closing its Bronx store after all.  As reported in the New York Times, the Bronx now has no bookstore. (No disrespect to The Lair—for purposes… Read more »

It’s not so surprising that admirers of a famous person’s work can become interested in that person’s personal life. Maybe they want to further explore what makes their favorite playwright… Read more »

Decades from now, you’ll probably be asked where you were the day David Cronenberg’s debut novel was published. Naturally, there will only be one right answer to this question: “reading… Read more »

From time to time, a group of philosophers or radio commentators or neuroscientists at loose ends will get together and discuss the question of whether or not reading literature makes… Read more »

David Bowie’s 100-book list is already getting extensive praise for its breadth, but in case you don’t have time to read them all here are a few select pairings for… Read more »

Do you tell people you’re writing a novel? It might be better to go with something like, “I am trying to write a novel,” because if you are indeed tackling… Read more »