by | Apr 28, 2022 | Culture Music Art, Literary News, Weirdness
from National Geographic These green books are poisonous—and one may be on a shelf near you A toxic green pigment was once used to color everything from fake flowers to book covers. Now a museum conservator is working to track down the noxious volumes. BY JUSTIN...
by | Apr 24, 2022 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News
from Publishers Weekly 25 Years of Bestselling Authors and Books By Kristen McLean [ click to read full list at Publishers Weekly ]
by | Dec 22, 2021 | Literary News
from Vanity Fair Joan Didion, Literary Titan, Dies at 87 BY EMILY KIRKPATRICK Joan Didion, a resounding voice in American literature who insightfully captured the ’60s and California through observant and beautiful language, died on Thursday at home in Manhattan. She...
by | Dec 17, 2021 | Literary News
from The New Yorker What’s So Great About Great-Books Courses? The humanities are in danger, but humanists can’t agree on how—or why—they should be saved. By Louis Menand Roosevelt Montás was born in a rural village in the Dominican Republic and immigrated to the...
by | Dec 13, 2021 | Literary News
from Deadline Anne Rice Dies: ‘Interview With The Vampire’ Author Was 80 By Tom Grater Anne Rice / AP Anne Rice, the American writer whose Interview with the Vampire sold more than 150 million copies, has died. She was 80. “The immensity of our family’s grief cannot...
by | Sep 23, 2021 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from Slate Sometimes You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover Graphic designer Rodrigo Corral explains how he comes up with iconic book-jacket art. BY RUMAAN ALAM Rodrigo Corral Anna Kassoway On this week’s episode of Working, Rumaan Alam spoke with graphic...