Skip to content

A blog about literary Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Daily Bookmark
  • Brooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Search

Category: Culture

  • Home
  • Culture
Culture

Book Suggests That When It Comes to COVID-19, Cuomo Got It Wrong

August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 BrooklynBookBeat

Just a few months ago, Andrew Cuomo was being applauded for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic across the state of New York. Today, amid

Culture

Podcast Hosts Share Their Experiences Living By Self-Help Books

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 BrooklynBookBeat

Brooklyn-based comedian Jolenta Greenberg and culture critic Kristen Meinzer read self-help books so the rest of us don’t have to. On their popular podcast, “By

Culture Non-fiction

New Book Hopes to Bridge the Generation Gap Between Boomers and Millennials

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 BrooklynBookBeat

Millennials are often characterized as a spoiled, self-absorbed generation that can’t be bothered to look up from their screens to care about the rest of

Culture Daily Bookmark Uncategorized

Daily Bookmark: Gentrification gets nuanced treatment in “Newcomers”

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 Alex Williamson

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

Culture Events Fiction

Zeruya Shalev to launch highly-anticipated new novel at Greenlight Bookstore

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Alex Williamson

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,

Culture Daily Bookmark

Daily Bookmark: Blogger rounds up city’s rooftop oases in new book

October 29, 2019October 28, 2019 Alex Williamson

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

Culture Events

Well-Read Black Girl Fest Coming to Brooklyn

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Alex Williamson

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.

Culture Daily Bookmark

Daily Bookmark: New cookbook is a visual ode to Italian south Brooklyn

October 18, 2019 BrooklynBookBeat

“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

Culture Daily Bookmark

Daily Bookmark: New comics anthology paints transgender life in vivid color

October 16, 2019October 15, 2019 Alex Williamson

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

Culture Daily Bookmark

Daily Bookmark: Reporters who broke Weinstein Scandal co-author behind-the-scenes book

September 26, 2019September 25, 2019 Alex Williamson

When New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published their initial story on the allegations of abuse against Harvey Weinstein, nothing could have

Culture Daily Bookmark

Daily Bookmark: New Edward Said anthology compiles a great thinker’s greatest work

September 25, 2019September 24, 2019 Alex Williamson

From the true roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to Western imperialism as viewed through the lens of Jane Austen novels, cultural critic Edward Said was

Culture Daily Bookmark History

Daily Bookmark: Marine Park native pens ode to Brooklyn, “America’s most storied underdog”

September 23, 2019September 24, 2019 Alex Williamson

In “Brooklyn: The Once and Future City,” Thomas Campanella reveals some of the rich and underappreciated history of his beloved home borough, especially the southern

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.

All Rights Reserved 2022.
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Across by Candid Themes.