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Local Author Shamara Ray’s Books of Love
Shamara Ray never wanted to be a romance novelist. But in 2004, she spent her daily journey into Manhattan on the Long Island Rail Road reading blockbuster novels by the likes of Stephen King, John Grisham, and Anne Rice. She felt her own creativity simmer and knew she had to express it before her brain…
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Watch the 2022 National Book Awards Finalists Reading
Watch the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading – National Book Foundation
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The 10 best graphic novels of 2023
Comics publishers released a dizzying array of work in 2023, from heartfelt memoirs and inventive biographies to fictional reflections on identity and family. These 10 exceptional titles represent a small slice of the best graphic novels available today, but they collectively speak to the range and richness of the medium. div[data-qa=”article-image”] { max-width: 250px; padding-top:…
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How literary characters can help students discover their individuality – New Jersey Education Association
A pitch for a new elective class By Catherine Gonzalez, NJEA Preservice communications chair and The College of New Jersey’s local chapter’s points chair From a young age, I’ve loved reading novels, being most drawn to ones with compelling characters. It’s always thrilled me to learn minute details about their lives and personal characteristics. The…
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One book at a time, one reader at a time, Our Future Reads empowers people
Our Future Reads has flourished thanks to the support from people in Chicago’s western suburbs. These are people who embody the local spirit of unity and support. Our Future Reads champions literature as a means to empower curious minds, tackling literacy accessibility challenges and touching lives profoundly. Linda, confined to a medical respite center, found…
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Do You Know These Fictional Places in Popular Novels?
A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself. This week’s literary geography quiz is about small towns and other locations around the United States that an author has personally created for a book. To play, just make your selection in…
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Higher Learning
What is a university press? For the 160 academic publishers that make up the Association of University Presses (AUPresses), the base commitment is to serious scholarship. But, of course, university presses are much more than that. As Jane F. Bunker, director of Cornell University Press, says these publishers not only dedicate themselves to scholarship but…
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My favorite books for this winter season
Winter. Name a better season to stay inside by the fire and cuddle up with a good book… you can’t, I know. Now, for some people, it may be difficult to know what kinds of books to start with or what may be the best. If you’re looking to jump into some classics for the…
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Impossible Love Across the Partition
The moment I learned that Shilpi Suneja’s debut novel House of Caravans was about Partition, I reached out to see if she would be interested in doing this interview. All four of my grandparents lived through this event in Punjab—the state that was split to create Pakistan days after India gained independence from Britain in…
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‘The Upstairs Delicatessen’ tells of Dwight Garner’s lifelong love of reading and eating
If ever a book was meant to be savored, it’s Dwight Garner’s new memoir“The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading about Eating, and Eating WhileReading.” In it, the New York Times literary critic takes readers on a journey through his food and book-obsessed childhood, infusing it along the way with the words of the great writers…
