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‘In the Shadow of Genius’ explores the minds behind the Brooklyn Bridge

November 13, 2018 BrooklynBookBeat

“The word ‘genius’ is used so indiscriminately in our culture that its meaning, even when applied to such masterworks as the Brooklyn Bridge, has become

Art Featured Memoir Music

See rare photographs, drawings in illustrated version of Patti Smith’s ‘Just Kids’

October 31, 2018August 9, 2019 BrooklynBookBeat

First published in 2010, “Just Kids” by Patti Smith became an instant classic. The iconic book, winner of the National Book Award and number four

Art Non-fiction Nonfiction

Photographer fights pit bull prejudice with book of portraits

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 BrooklynBookBeat

Brooklyn resident Sophie Gamand’s much-anticipated “Pit Bull Flower Power” book will be published on Oct. 27 to coincide with Adopt a Shelter Dog Month and

Art Memoir

Instagram sensation Mari Andrew celebrates book launch in Brooklyn

March 26, 2018 BrooklynBookBeat

Mari Andrew started doodling when she worked at a bakery — and she took some license with the display case labels. When customers noticed and

Art Children's

Moving Children’s Book Tours Brooklyn

February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 BrooklynBookBeat

All photos courtesy of Penguin Random House There are some children’s books that inspire people of all ages with their profundity, and “Sakura’s Cherry Blossoms”

Art

Prospect Park Cartoonist Releases Paperback of Graphic Novel

February 1, 2018February 1, 2018 BrooklynBookBeat

“Adrian Tomine can draw, think, write and feel. He sees everything, he knows everything; he’s in your apartment, he’s on the subway, he’s in your

Art Events Fiction Literary Magazine Nonfiction Poetry

A Literary Magazine Grows in Brooklyn

December 14, 2017December 15, 2017 BrooklynBookBeat

American Chordata began as a passion project for its editors, founded in Spring 2015 on the belief that a literary magazine can celebrate sophisticated design

Art Events History

“Brooklyn’s Sweet Ruin”

December 13, 2017December 13, 2017 BrooklynBookBeat

When it was rebuilt in 1883, the Domino Sugar Refinery was the largest in the world. That year, the Brooklyn Eagle described the new facility

Art

Artist uses his talent to create loving tribute to late wife

May 15, 2014May 20, 2014 Paula Katinas

Artist Joe LoGuirato has been a painter and a sculptor for all of his adult life. But it’s safe to say that he has never

Brooklyn Book Beat is Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s blog devoted to all things literary — books, authors, history, and associated events.

The Eagle, once edited by Walt Whitman, has long been covering Brooklyn news and events, but this blog serves as a special haven for bookworms. BookBeat features Brooklyn-based writers, as well as stories relating to the city and its history.

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