The St. Mark’s Bookshop has now officially announced what we broke news of two weeks ago — that it’s facing eviction by the New York City Housing…
Talks + Readings: The Dogist, Sarah Vowell, and Chip Kidd Meets Charlie Brown
TUESDAY The Dogist Tuesday, October 20 at 7 p.m. Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway (NoLIta). The Dogist himself, Elias Weiss Friedman, will be talking with…
Talks + Readings: Elvis Costello, Humans of New York, and The Game Guy
TUESDAY Elvis Costello Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 33 East 17th Street (Union Square). Hear the story of little Declan Patrick MacManus…
Talks and Readings: Bourbon Guru, Top-Notch Poets, and a Professional Internet Person
TUESDAY Robert Goolrick’s most recent novel, The Fall of Princes, finds retired 1980s ad man Rooney writing his memoir after an era of American Psycho-style unrepentant debauchery and greed (but…
10 Things We Learned About Clueless From Writer-Director Amy Heckerling
It’s the 20th Anniversary of everyone’s favorite ’90’s teen classic, the one that taught us it’s okay to be a confused, hymenally challenged teenager who…
Talks and Readings: Historic Greenpoint, Multiculti Confessions, and More
TUESDAY Almost Famous, except about a girl. And set in the ’90s. And British. How to Build a Girl, described by the New York Times’ Dwight Garner…
Talks + Readings: Headscarves, Hymens, Spinsters and an Anti-Bridget Jones
As we get ready to watch Kate Bolick read from Spinster, “a revelatory and slyly erudite look at the pleasures and possibilities of remaining single,” tonight at 20 Cooper Square…
Watch: John Lydon Hits Strand in Chef’s Whites, Announces New PiL Album and Tour
After tearing through St. Vitus on Tuesday, John Lydon settled into one of the Strand’s big leather chairs to rap about his new memoir, Anger…
Terrifying Photos: Russell Brand ‘Basically Took Over’ the Strand Last Night
We have to admit, we steered clear of Russell Brand’s reading at Strand Book Store last night. Had we gone to see the hyperactive, hyperbolic…
Megan Abbot + Chelsea Cain
Who says girls can’t be crime writers? Well, no one actually, because that’s clearly not a valid argument. But just in case some loser out…