Daily Bookmark: Maddie Dawson knows the ultimate fantasy is a fresh start
Waking up to the news you’ve just inherited a valuable piece of real estate from a distant in-law is the stuff of dreams. How about […]
Articles by Alex Williamson
Daily Bookmark: In “Good Luck Girls,” #MeToo meets “West World”
Though Brooklyn-based writer Charlotte Nicole Davis set her debut YA novel in a fantasy Wild West empire called Arketta, the story has plenty of resonance […]
Daily Bookmark: Jia Tolentino holds a funhouse mirror to millennials
Has there ever been an age demographic more maligned than this batch of avocado toast-munching, college-lecture-protesting, smartphone-addicted snowflakes? And what’s it like to be crowned […]
Daily Bookmark: “I Like to Watch” is a love letter to TV’s golden age
As a Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic for The New Yorker, Emily Nussbaum knows a thing or two about the joys of watching television. In “I […]
Daily Bookmark: “The Measure of his Song” is a tribute to Brooklyn’s favorite birthday boy
How did you celebrate the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth? It was back in May, and we hope you didn’t forget, given Whitman is […]
Daily Bookmark: “The Plus One” is a modern romance with a high-tech twist
How do you know when you’ve found Mr. Right? Do you look for charm, thick hair and an athletic build? How about fully-customizable modules, long […]
Daily Bookmark: “Love at First Like” is a literary rom-com for the digital age
When Marissa Fuchs posted an elaborate engagement story to her Instagram in June, the lifestyle influencer’s roughly 200,000 followers were swept up in the apparent […]
Daily Bookmark: Get lost in Andrea Bartz’s Bushwick murder-suicide mystery
The years immediately after college are sort of life’s purgatory. Some join the peace corps, some take a gap year in Europe, some hang around […]
Daily Bookmark: Lauren Mechling’s “How Could She” reinvents the ‘making-it-in-New York’ genre
It’s a familiar story – stuck at a disappointing dead end in life, a wide-eyed young woman packs her bags and moves to New York […]
Daily Bookmark: Ron Howell’s “Boss of Black Brooklyn” sheds light on a forgotten black icon
Brooklyn residents today may take for granted that their representatives are as diverse as the borough they call home. But until the mid-20th century, New […]
Daily Bookmark: Helen Phillips’ “The Need” is a genre-bending thrill ride powered by maternal urgency
For a book about things that go bump in the night, “The Need” is absolutely teeming with twists to both plot and genre. The book’s […]
Daily Bookmark: Barbara Mensch’s “In the Shadow of Genius” is a love letter to the minds behind Brooklyn Bridge
Have you ever wondered what makes a genius? Maybe while meditating on Einstein’s theory of relativity, viewing photos of the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling or listening […]
Daily Bookmark: In “Waking the Witch,’ Pam Grossman conjures a new occult classic
From Salem spinsters in league with the devil, to a 1960s nose-twitching newlywed, witches have a longstanding hold over the American popular imagination. In her […]