A blog about literary Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
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 the voice of such a Continue Reading
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 like to watch,” her new Continue Reading
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 one of the most influential Continue Reading
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 battery life and a user-friendly Continue Reading
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 fairytale romance. Days after the Continue Reading
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 their college town, getting drunk Continue Reading
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 City, where a universe of Continue Reading
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 York’s largest borough still hadn’t Continue Reading
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 speculative quality and its nonstop Continue Reading
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 to “The White Album.” For Continue Reading
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 new book, “Waking the Witch: Continue Reading