Brooklyn Author Explains What it Means to Worry — About Everything
Brooklyn resident Jen Epstein was born a worrier. As a child, she worried her uvula would break off and she would swallow it and choke […]
Non-fiction
Photographer fights pit bull prejudice with book of portraits
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 […]
Emmy Award-winning Brooklyn resident shares insights on writing in new book
Writer Ron Hutchinson recently left California for the East Coast. He currently lives and writes in Brooklyn and says, “Over the past two years I […]
It Occurs to Me That I Am America
“It Occurs to Me That I Am America” is a collaboration of authors and artists born in response to the 2016 election. Two of the […]
New Book Provides Historical Perspective On Jewish Culture In New York City
Jewish immigrants transformed New York. They built its clothing industry, expanded its commercial reach, and constructed huge swaths of apartment buildings. New York Jews helped […]
Katy Tur, MSNBC star & best-selling author, recalls her Brooklyn beginnings
Jacket courtesy of Dey Street. Photos by Elena Seibert By Peter Stamelman Special to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Now a best-seller, the new book by […]
New book ‘Jackie Robinson in Quotes’ details ‘The Remarkable Life of Baseball’s Most Significant Player’
Renowned filmmaker Ken Burns has noted recently, while doing the interview circuit to promote his new documentary on Jackie Robinson, “When Jackie broke the color barrier […]
Brooklynite’s new cookbook features ‘Beans from Around the World’
In her new cookbook “Vegan Beans from Around the World,” Brooklyn-based pastry chef and cook Kelsey Kinser presents 75 adventurous recipes for nutritious and flavorful […]
Punk Musician, Writer To Speak in DUMBO
Richard Hell Launches Autobiography March 4 Musician, writer, and provocateur Richard Hell was at the center of the social and cultural upheaval of the 1970s […]
Youth financial literacy expert to speak, sign books, in Brooklyn
In 2006, Brooklynite Ralph Baker was searching for a way to share his passion for investing with his 11-year-old son and his friends. Inspired by […]
Upcoming book talk to highlight Plymouth Church in Civil War Era
In connection with the Brooklyn Historical Society’s new exhibition, “Brooklyn Abolitionists/In Pursuit of Freedom,” BHS, in partnership with Green-Wood, will host a book talk with Frank Decker to […]
A Last Good-bye
By Sandra Hurtes From “The Ambivalent Memoirist“ Manhattan is now my home. But today I look over my shoulder at the Brooklyn that raised me. […]
‘Tarpaper Dreams’ evokes historic Brooklyn
Memoirist Recalls Sister’s Job as Eagle Reporter Though she’s migrated to a small town in the Sierra Foothills, California, author Jean Humburg’s latest book, “Tarpaper […]
Veteran Adrian Bonenberger launches wartime memoir with NY Times’ James Dao
In “Afghan Post,” the New York Times blogger and veteran Adrian Bonenberger conveys the unforgettable emotional reality of his military experience through the cracked lens of […]
Bay Ridge’s favorite cupcake couple tells their life story with recipes
By Paula Katinas It ain’t your mama’s cookbook! Right off the bat, Allison Robicelli warns readers of “Robicelli’s A Love Story, With Cupcakes,” the new […]
BAM and Greenlight Bookstore’s literary series ‘Unbound’ returns Jan. 27
Unbound: A Literary Series with BAM and Greenlight Bookstore will return for a third season of unique talks and two highly anticipated book launches by contemporary […]
‘When Brooklyn Was Heaven’ revives Depression-era Brooklyn
People from all over the world who love stories about New York, particularly about growing up in Brooklyn, are fired up with enthusiasm over Stan […]
‘The Global Obama’ – Two St. Francis Scholars edit new collection of essays
St. Francis College scholars Dinesh Sharma and Uwe Gielen. Photo courtesy of St. Francis College A constantly changing landscape, both home and abroad, has made […]
New book explores ‘America’s Self-Help Culture’
As Jessica Lamb-Shapiro points out in this powerful blend of memoir and reportage, everyone is affected by self-help, an industry that generates a billion dollars a year […]
‘Rumble in Brooklyn’: A gritty memoir that bursts glamorized bubble of Hollywood’s ‘wiseguys’
A fat, four-eyed kid somehow finds himself growing up in the toughest and most Mafia-filled slum in the country. From surviving protection rackets at the […]