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Global Pop Icon P!nk Teams Up with PEN America to Give Away 2,000 Banned Books at Florida Concerts
(NEW YORK) – Today, singer-songwriter and global pop icon P!nk announced she will team up with the free expression organization PEN America and Florida bookseller Books & Books to give away 2,000 banned books at her upcoming concerts in Florida. As a mother of two who is deeply invested in education and in representation for…
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In Praise of the Tangible Sacredness of the Printed Word
An imposing six foot by six foot steel box in mid-century medical gray with two projectors on either end and a pair of binoculars in the middle, the Hinman Collator looks more like something used by neurologists to diagnose brain tumors than a machine for analyzing Renaissance literary texts. The eponymous invention was fashioned by…
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Books Recommendations for Native American Heritage Month
One writer recommends six books to read during Native American Heritage Month. by Maria Hebling | 23 minutes ago November is Native American Heritage Month, a time dedicated to recognizing the profound cultural contributions, legacies and traditions of Indigenous peoples to our society. This month provides an excellent opportunity to delve into the captivating world…
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‘It never ends’: the book club that spent 28 years reading Finnegans Wake
For a quarter century, Gerry Fialka, an experimental film-maker from Venice, California, has hosted a book club devoted to a single text: James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, one of the most famously difficult texts in literary history. Starting in 1995, between 10 and 30 people would show up to monthly meetings at a local library. At…
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The 12 best thrillers of 2023
div[data-qa=”article-image”] { max-width: 250px; padding-top: 24px; } .wpds-c-kiwQNE { padding-top: 0px; } Spy novels and serial killers, suburban drama and domestic upheaval, puzzles and plot twists — there’s something for everyone in this year’s top 12 thrillers. ‘All the Sinners Bleed,’ by S.A. Cosby Return to menu Simmering racial tension in a Southern town erupts…
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For a Hungry Book Critic, Every Word Is a Feast
Page-Turner For a Hungry Book Critic, Every Word Is a Feast In “The Upstairs Delicatessen,” the Times writer Dwight Garner masterfully melds the pleasures of reading and eating. By Alexandra Schwartz November 12, 2023 Photograph from Getty Save this storySave this story Save this storySave this story It is a hazard to read on an…
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A Swift, Opinionated Portrait of Willa Cather (She Would Have Approved)
CHASING BRIGHT MEDUSAS: A Life of Willa Cather, by Benjamin Taylor During the difficult months of 2020, a writer friend and I decided to read Willa Cather’s fiction together. What a good antidote to despair that was. Much of it was rereading, but I’d missed some stories and novels, and I’d never read them sequentially…
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David Ferry, Poet and Translator Who Won Acclaim Late in Life, Dies at 99
After nearly 40 years as a professor, he began a new career writing poems and translating classics. He won a National Book Award when he was 86. David Ferry, a poet and translator whose direct, emotionally resonant work plumbing the chasms between the knowable and the unknowable won him broad praise and honors late in…
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Books for fans of character-driven novels
I like a fast-paced thriller as much as the next person, but sometimes I’m in the mood for something quieter. Then I reach for a contemplative, character-driven novel, and this year I read several I recommend.
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A Guide to All of Edith Wharton’s Novels and Novellas
Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. 1 The Touchstone 1 The Touchstone Originally published 1900 Wharton’s first published novella was The Touchstone, set in old New York, like many of her stories. It follows Stephen…
