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A Book Critic as Wild for Food as He Is for Literature
“The Upstairs Delicatessen,” a memoir by Dwight Garner of The New York Times, traces his life’s twin passions. THE UPSTAIRS DELICATESSEN: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading | By Dwight Garner Pity the freelancer tasked with reviewing for The New York Times the intimate and joyful new memoir by the esteemed…
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Stories About Stories (About Stories): A Reading List of Meta-Narrators
A meta-narrator has an authorial awareness of a story being told. They make their presence known, intervening when they deem necessary. In the case that they are also the protagonist (which is often) then they must be as adept as immersing themselves in the real-time story unfolding up close as they are in commenting on…
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Author Viola Shipman Visits Brunswick Library
BRUNSWICK, Ohio — If you’re new to reading Viola Shipman novels, you might be surprised to learn that the author behind the popular women’s literature books is actually a man. His real name is Wade Rouse, and he visited the Brunswick Library last week to speak about his books and his career. Rouse chose his…
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A Consideration of the Major Prophets: Bradbury, Orwell and Huxley
As I have returned to these books in my adulthood, I have been shocked by how accurate and insightful these books are. When I originally read Brave New World in high school, I vividly remember thinking that I had been introduced to the meaning of life. What exactly it was, I couldn’t have articulated, but…
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Don’t Look to Writer Natasha Stagg for Answers
All images courtesy of Natasha Stagg. In the introduction to Artless: Stories 2019-2023, Natasha Stagg’s latest dispatch from a New York that perpetually oscillates between self-awareness and carelessness, the author confesses, “I write a lot of emails. I bet I have written hundreds of millions of emails. I would rather write books, but those are…
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Wisconsin Residents, Advocates React to Removal of Books from Schools
Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Wisconsin’s Kenosha Unified School District removed four books from school libraries this year, joining a nationwide debate about removing books from schools. The books, which focused on LGBTQ topics and characters, were purged for having “pornographic material,” one school board…
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Reading in the Conglomerate Era: Or, Do Small Presses Even Exist?
WHEN THE NOVELIST Cormac McCarthy died in June 2023, Dan Sinykin published a short essay in TheNew York Times that teased the argument of his forthcoming monograph Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature. McCarthy’s celebrated career “was made possible,” Sinykin wrote, “by a tectonic shift that was happening in the…
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Fulton Street Books To Host Free Book Fair After Scholastic Book Fair’s New Option For Schools
This is the time of year the Scholastic Book fair arrives at schools to sell students books and school supplies. This year, the publisher of children’s books is allowing schools to opt out of certain books that focus on diversity. So, a Tulsa bookstore owner decided to host her own book fair. As Fulton Street…
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Menomonee Falls School District bans 33 books from library
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. — “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky and “Sold” by Patricia McCormick are two out of 33 books Menomonee Falls School Board banned from the district. What You Need To Know Menomonee Falls School District has banned 33 books from library The books are not compliant with the sexually…
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Southern Festival of Books
This year’s Southern Festival of Books was unique, and 500 MNPS students were all the better for it. Every year, the festival draws high-profile authors, readers, and aspiring writers to Nashville for a weekend of literary celebration and appreciation. This year’s event included a Student Day for the first time. Student Day brought MNPS students…
