Essay Collection Depicts Midwestern Ideas of Gender and Class
Whether we choose to stay close to home or move miles away, there’s no denying that where we grow up has a major impact on shaping who we are. TOMBOYLAND: Continue Reading
Journalist Rides the Waves to a New Life on Rockaway Beach
Diane Cardwell lost her father, her job, and her marriage within five years. And in the wake of her losses, the former New York Times reporter and founder of Vibe Continue Reading
Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book Dares Young Girls to Dream
From the sports they should play to the careers they should pursue, young girls are often told what they can’t do. But in a new children’s book, A Girl Like Continue Reading
Daily Bookmark: Gentrification gets nuanced treatment in “Newcomers”
Well-heeled young professionals have been choosing city life over the backyards and two-car garages of the suburbs for decades, and their demand for space in urban centers has brought not Continue Reading
Brooklyn: The Once and Future City | Book Review
With “Brooklyn: The Once and Future City,” author and Brooklyn native Thomas Campanella has written the unqualified best and most thorough history of our city-turned-borough. He will talk about it Continue Reading
Daily Bookmark: New sci-fi novel imagines the ultimate out-of-body experience
During a late-night experiment in Midwestern barn, a scientist searching for a cure for Alzheimer’s finds her consciousness suddenly transferred into her husband’s body. Twenty years later, that technology is Continue Reading
Daily Bookmark: Brooklyn-based plant expert teaches urbanites how to forage
Throughout our region, edible plants and mushrooms are abundant — even in urban areas like Brooklyn, if you know where to look. In “The Forager’s Feast: How to Identify, Gather Continue Reading
Daily Bookmark: Brooklynite pens book about ultimate Queens hero: Spider-Man
Call him amazing. Call him spectacular. Either way, Spider-Man finally has a book worthy of his rich history. After extensive research, Brooklynite Matt Singer has released a book that includes Continue Reading
Zeruya Shalev to launch highly-anticipated new novel at Greenlight Bookstore
In “PAIN,” on sale Nov. 5 from Other Press, Israeli writer Zeruya Shalev lays out the destructive power of infidelity and obsession in searing detail, as one woman struggles between Continue Reading
Daily Bookmark: Blogger rounds up city’s rooftop oases in new book
From a massive farm atop a parking garage, to Olympic-sized skating rinks, to funky bars with stunning views, New York City’s rooftops have a lot going on — for those Continue Reading
Well-Read Black Girl Fest Coming to Brooklyn
The Well-Read Black Girl Book Club is a Brooklyn-born club that has spread nationwide, created by and for black women who are passionate about books. WRBG’s goal is to showcase Continue Reading
Daily Bookmark: New graphic memoir takes a comic look at the art of addiction
A new graphic memoir from David Heatley, author of “My Brain is Hanging Upside Down,” explores the author’s ironic relationship to 12-Step programs, an interest that grew from a self-improvement Continue Reading
Daily Bookmark: New cookbook is a visual ode to Italian south Brooklyn
“Feast of the Seven Fishes” blends memoir, recipes and neighborhood history Bensonhurst-born home cook, photographer and graphic designer Daniel Paterna is dishing up more than mouthwatering recipes in his new Continue Reading
Daily Bookmark: New comics anthology paints transgender life in vivid color
In “We’re Still Here,” new anthology of comics written, drawn and edited entirely by transgender creators, Tara Avery and Jeanne Thornton have compiled 55 stories with genres ranging from nonfiction Continue Reading
Daily Bookmark: Julia Phillips’ “Disappearing Earth” is a stunning debut about lost children
In a tightly-woven community on the shoreline of Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula, two young girls are missing. Their disappearance has ripple effects throughout the town, especially for the community’s women. In Continue Reading
Spooky Brooklyn Campfire Stories at Center for Fiction
Think you’ve got what it takes to entertain a spooky story-loving crowd with a tall tale, song, rap or rhyme? Then visit the Center for Fiction for Brooklyn Campfire Stories Continue Reading
Daily Bookmark: Brooklynite pens Halloween horror about multi-generational witch hunt
In “The Remaking,” the latest work from Brooklyn-based horror writer Clay McCleod Chapman, Ella Louise is a shunned woman living in the woods outside of Pilot’s Creek, Virginia, where the Continue Reading
PEN America presents Lit Crawl NYC 2019
PEN America has a calendar packed with literary events in store for Brooklynites this weekend. Lit Crawl NYC is happening this Saturday at Cobble Hill businesses ranging from bookstores, to Continue Reading
Daily Bookmark: In “Nothing Fancy,” Alison Roman brings easy elegance to cooking for a crowd
If you aspire to be one of those hosts who makes preparing a mouthwatering meal for guests look totally effortless, a new cookbook from New York Times columnist Alison Roman Continue Reading
Daily Bookmark: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ debut novel is a heartfelt thriller about escaping slavery
Ta-Nehisi Coates addressed his teenaged son in “Between the World and Me,” his 2015 book written in the form of a letter that explored his feelings about being black in Continue Reading