The Spectator My friend the anarchist Few prospects fill the auctorial amygdala with as much dread as that of a book signing. The crest falls in anticipation thereof. Imagine: the forlorn author, sitting disconsolately behind a table stacked with untouched…
John Allen Cassady, with granddaughter Carly, takes his father Neal Cassady’s place behind the wheel of Ken Kesey’s psychedelic bus, Furthur, in Oregon in September 2025. Neal Cassady drove the bus on cross-country trips with Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. John…
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Casey O’Leary’s review of “The Rediscovery of America for Young People: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of…
by Stanley Turkel, CMHS 1. The Peabody Hotel (1869), Memphis, Tennessee (464 rooms) In 1935, historian David Cohn wrote: The Mississippi Delta begins in the lobby of the Peabody and ends on Catfish Row in Vicksburg. The Peabody is the Paris Ritz, the Cairo…
Books may be solitary, but reading rarely is. Literary culture has always depended on conversation in the form of book clubs, university, festival and bookshop events, and spirited conversations with friends. Literary podcasts – both accessible and surprisingly intimate – have become…
BEMIDJI — Four Pines Bookstore will host New York Times bestselling author and editor David Treuer at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, at Four Pines, 102 Third St. NW. A member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Treuer is the recipient of…
The following is from These Long Shadows: Women’s House Museums in the American South by Monica Nelson. House Name: Eudora Welty House Construction: Built in 1925 Architect: Wyatt C, Hedrick Landmarked: 2002 Open To Public: 2006 Primary Function: Literary tourism Address: 1119 Pinehurst St.,…
Gold Mountain California News Media Author Galina Izraelev's debut historical espionage novel, "The Spy from Fifth Avenue: A World War II Thriller," was released on Oct The book shines a rare spotlight on the Americans who moved to Stalin's Soviet…
Gus Speth calls his first novel “my love letter to the Upper Valley.” “Jericho River” follows the people of a fictional Vermont town as they help each other through fires, floods, illness and loss. Speth, a Strafford author and longtime…
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