It was the family home where William Wordsworth hosted Alfred, Lord Tennyson, lived as poet laureate and worked on his epic autobiographical poem The Prelude. Now, after a long period of decline... Read more »
The prophet Ezekiel once claimed to have seen four beasts emerge from a burning cloud, “sparkling like the colour of burnished brass”. Each had wings and four faces: that of a man,... Read more »
Michael J Fox has already eked out four books of Hollywood memoir, so the justification for a fifth – written with longtime collaborator Nelle Fortenberry – ought to be good. It is: the... Read more »
Gary Shteyngart is the observational standup of American letters, a puckish, playful Russian-born author who views the US through the eyes of an inquisitive tourist. The immigrant melting pot of New York... Read more »
ALA 2025: librarians chart a course for the future amid ‘existential threat’ Jun 30 2025 The American Library Association’s 2025 Annual Conference, held in Philadelphia from June 26–30, found attendees simultaneously anxious... Read more »
“Green, at this point, is a dead fucking brand,” says Kate Morris, the brash and irreverent political organizer at the center of Stephen Markley’s The Deluge. “Green,” for Morris, is traditional environmentalism,... Read more »
The best route to learning to love words in print could well be pictures. This, at least, is the hope of the publishing industry this spring, as it welcomes news that sales... Read more »
Book News: Future of libraries, arts agencies unclear amid federal funding freeze
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