This past weekend, murmured poetry and glowing tents illuminated the British shoreline in an installation called Peace Camp. Have any ...
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If chapter three of The Great Gatsby doesn’t make you thirsty, you must be Carrie Nation. It plunges you into ...
Salma Abdelnour published her first book, Jasmine and Fire: A Bittersweet Year in Beirut, this month. The memoir charts her ...
When in danger of a text tizzy at BEA, I retreated to the seductive arms of the art publishers’ booths. ...
I don’t usually fantasize about being in someone else’s shoes. No green-tinged daydreams about what life would be like if ...
During a recent book-packing spree, I naturally couldn’t resist flipping through a novel or twenty. With nearly every paperback sprung ...
I’m grateful to Christopher Hitchens for many things, but one that stays with me is an introduction (via a Vanity ...
Whenever I’m asked about my devotion to City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, my reply tends to be something of ...
Tax season: those febrile weeks of running numbers, grimacing at bills, and otherwise financially ’fessing up. In a slightly masochistic ...