A blog about literary Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
In the run up to this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival (Sept. 21 & 22), a series of literary “bookend” events are slated to take place at bookish spaces around the Continue Reading
Peruse vintage literary ephemera, listen in on fascinating lectures and take home the rare book of your dreams at the Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair, returning to Greenpoint for its sixth Continue Reading
Pablo Rind is a lonely kid, barely eking out a living at the twenty-four-hour bodega in Brooklyn where he works the overnight shift. Leanna Smart is an ascending pop star, Continue Reading
A group of young friends begins experimenting with tarot cards, honing their powers toward a form of radical empathy they hope will one day build a peaceful utopia. Pretty soon Continue Reading
Brooklyn-based journalist and author Amy Waldman spent eight years as a reporter for the New York Times, where she wrote about the aftermath of 9/11 and covered the war in Continue Reading
Keeping up on the trendiest titles is a fun way to read, but rounding out your literary diet with the so-called Great Works of Fiction can also be a rewarding Continue Reading
If you’d like to sit in the presence of an award-winning author and knight who’s also the subject of an Islamic fatwa calling for his assassination, don’t miss your chance: Continue Reading
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
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
The sign of a good children’s book is one that kids want to read again and again, and that parents don’t mind reading again and again. If you’ve read Dragons Love Continue Reading
Back in December, Bookbeat covered the very first “Litost: An Evening of Music & Reading”. Created by Angela Sundtrom, Litost was organized to showcase original writing and musical performances by Continue Reading
“What of the past is remembered, celebrated, and mourned is at the core of national identity — and the process of what is told and not told is often a Continue Reading
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 and earnest expression on the Continue Reading
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 as “colossal”. At its peak, Continue Reading
Litost is an untranslatable Czeck word. Its first syllable, which is long and stressed, sounds like the wail of an abandoned dog. As for the meaning of this word, I have Continue Reading
Heavy metal pioneers since their formation in 1975, Iron Maiden have sold over 90 million albums and played over 2000 shows in 63 countries, making them one of the most Continue Reading
St. Francis College proudly welcomes Ron Currie, author of The One-Eyed Man, as the next author to speak in the Walt Whitman Writers Series on Wednesday, October 25 at 5:00pm in the Maroney Forum for Continue Reading
From it’s underground roots in the Boogie Down Bronx to it’s chart-topping, mainstream success today, hip-hop has a rich and colorful history. In the follow-up to the best-selling punk music primer Continue Reading
Cobble Hill Book Launch Party Slated for July 20 “Anyone who’s ever had trouble making ends meet is going to find themselves in this story,” Brooklyn-based writer Jenna Leigh Evans Continue Reading
Hear Ye’! Hear Ye’, Brooklyn Book-Lovers! Tomorrow kick’s-off this month’s Silent Reading Party NYC, and they’re keeping it fresh for the new season: new spring evening, new venue. Head to Continue Reading