I first read The Lord of the Rings in 1964, when I was seventeen and working in a cemetery during a hiatus in my art school education. For a few months the…

Pantone’s 2022 choice looks otherworldly for a reason. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read…

A curbside reading room outside the Crown Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Credit... Gregg Richards Redesigned buildings with outdoor gathering…

courtesy of the internet I tell my friends that I have become obsessed with Columbo . It is how I lately murder hours. I tell my friends that I have become…

the fore-edge of my 2022 logbook The outside edge of a book’s pages opposite of the spine is called the “fore-edge.” Like many things that are neglected or…

(Getty Images) At least once a month, there’s a big discussion online about something or other that has happened in publishing. It might be about where…

The Hingham, Mass., location in the Barnes & Noble chain, whose book sales last year were 14 percent higher than they were before the pandemic. Credit... Cody…

by Rick Steves, July 6, 2020 As we've had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine.…

Evan Brandt, perhaps the lone reporter left covering Pottstown, Pa., has worked at The Mercury for more than two decades. The Great Read His newspaper has…

Scholars Talk Writing In this continuing series, Rachel Toor interviews scholars about their writing process and influences. Recent columns have featured…

These are hard and frightening times , but as public life comes to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic, virtual literary communities are emerging in…

Home Share In the days following the killing of George Floyd, unrest erupted in Minneapolis and across the country. But this time, people seemed to be taking to…

Race and America Three Words, 70 Cases The Death of Elijah McClain Debate Over Officers’ Protection Police Reform An author, literary agent, marketer,…

There’s a side of rock and roll—defiant, anarchic, Dionysian, subversive, doomed, Romantic—that has always appealed to literary novelists, but that’s not its…

What was “magic” about the Magic Pan was its method of preparing the crepes. The front of the restaurant was devoted to a piece of culinary theater. The cook on…

You can read or write a book from home just fine. Publishing one, however, remains a very social activity. Chelcee Johns, an assistant editor at 37 Ink, outside…

He also created the famous poster of Bob Dylan with psychedelic hair, was a co-founder of New York magazine and produced designs for everything from…

Marketing your book before its publication helps ensure there are readers ready to buy the book during its launch and beyond. If you’re in the process of…

Photo: Google Street View One of the most popular bookstores in Berkeley has closed its doors permanently after 46 years in business, as the coronavirus…