Books, Arts, and Culture

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This year made things of us all. I was reminded of a part of myself I wish did not exist: what I dub the fainting goat...

What a year this has been. Do I mean it was really good or bad? It can’t just have been one of those. I just mean...

The author of “Bookends” on fatherhood, literary citizenship, and the seductiveness of smartphones Photo by Benjamin Tice Smith When Electric Literature was invited to The MacDowell Colony’s...

The story behind the enigmatic Greek inscription on Morrison’s grave is also a story of fathers, sons, and personal demons Photo by Chris I f you die young,...

Titan Books has embarked upon a Project. I use the capital “P” there because it’s a big, demanding, perhaps somewhat counter-intuitive Project: they’re converting graphic novels...

Really, Tumblr? Another purge? And it’s not even an accurate one? You have got to be kidding me. While you did warn us this time, giving...

Goodness holy, there are a lot of bookish subs out there for us heavy readers. We covered Prime Reading vs Kindle Unlimited a few months ago....

Mary Poppins Returns comes out on December 19. We see more magic that comes from a spoonful of sugar, in theory. And I hope the story is...

The story we know today as The Nutcracker was first written in 1816 by German author E.T.A. Hoffmann. The story became a holiday classic after the Russian...