Who’s Afraid of Edmund Spenser?
To the Editors: There is a list in Catherine Nicholson’s article on Edmund Spenser [“The Triumph of Mutabilitie,” NYR, July 1] of writers who found The...
What’s it Worth?
To the Editors: In his cogent and timely review of Howard Steven Friedman’s Ultimate Price: The Value We Place on Life [NYR, June 10], Cass R....
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 3, 2021
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $4.99 The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi Get This Deal $1.99 The Spy Who Came...
7 Funny Novels About the Internal Politics of Working at a Newspaper
Newspapers make excellent settings for novels, as I learned while writing my novel, Her Turn. In a milieu where everyone—even the birding columnist—thinks of himself/herself as...
12 New Coloring Books for Kids
I am well into adulthood, and coloring is just as fun and soothing now as it was when I was a kid. Kids gain a lot...
Racism in the Dewey Decimal System
A lot of old things are racist. Mickey Mouse’s white gloves, for example. The concept of a peanut gallery. But public libraries? Impossible, right? Well, public...
Monstrify Your Bookshelf With These Horror Books About Monsters
From the monster under the bed to monsters on the big screen, critics have long argued that monsters are reflections of society’s anxieties. But monsters are...
Do Romance Novels Ruin Relationships?
Any longtime romance reader has heard this question: do romance novels ruin relationships? Many have heard it from people they are dating or a non-reader who...
The Bookish Rituals That Keep Me Grounded
I recently read Casper ter Kuile’s The Power of Ritual, a book about how to create everyday rituals, especially in the context of secular spirituality. It...
Lessons to Learn From the Kate Clanchy Memoir Fiasco
On August 6, author Kate Clanchy wrote a now-deleted tweet that started a storm. She reported that a reviewer on Goodreads had made up a racist...
