What would you do if you believed you had only 10 days to live? Now, what would you do if your dad thought that and…
Maureen Callahan’s Champagne Supernovas! with Susannah Cahalan
If you’re around my age, and were an equally uncool child, the nineties were an unmitigated fashion disaster: stretchy black bellbottoms and puffer-jacket vests, and…
Julie Schumacher + Ethan Rutherford
Dear Committee Members, Julie Schumacher’s eighth novel, is an epistolary satire of academia that has been earning—as the title of a Slate review puts it, “Strongest possible…
Spymaster Secrets, Library Porn, and Broad City-Style Comedy
This week’s talks and readings: some heavy stuff, ending in laughs. Wednesday, July 30 The Gatekeepers Screening When The Gatekeepers was first released in 2012, NY Times…
Readings and Talks: Brooklyn Girls and Renaissance Men
Time again for Word Up, our weekly roundup of readings and talks worth getting up and out of the house for. Thursday, July 10 Emily…
Nicole C. Kear & Emily Raboteau in Conversation
When she was nineteen, Nicole C. Kear was told she was going blind. Advised that she had only ten more years of sight left, Kear…
International Crime Month at Strand
Apparently it’s International Crime Month. That sounds like a recipe for global anarchy and intrigue, but is instead an opportunity for various publishing houses to introduce the…