A Bee’s-Eye View of the World
In WHAT THE BEES SEE: The Honeybee and Its Importance to You and Me (Chronicle, $40), Craig P. Burrows’s ultraviolet-lit…
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Wiley Sees Light at the End of the Tunnel
Wiley’s ongoing restructuring and streamlining efforts began to bear some fruit in the quarter ended January 31, 2024. Although the…
Ed Gorman’s blog: Gravetapping: Reading Ed Gorman
“The Autumn Dead, with its depth, its heartbreak, and its melancholy hope, isa new and important kind of American mystery.”Dorothy…
Anne Enright and Isabella Hammad make the Women’s prize for fiction longlist | Women’s prize for fiction
Anne Enright, Kate Grenville and Isabella Hammad are among the writers longlisted for this year’s Women’s prize for fiction. Debut…
The Most Beautiful Shots in Cinema History: Scenes from 100+ Films
If you’re an even mildly enthusiastic filmgoer, these two short compilations from The Solomon Society will get your life flashing…
Her Beehive Heart: On Leslie Jamison’s “Splinters”
IN THE CORNER of the internet dedicated to the arcana of MTV’s Teen Mom franchise, the “good edit” is a…
Unilateral Actions | Amjad Iraqi
In the city of Rafah, at the southern edge of Gaza, people are consumed by terror and dread. Over the…
Carnegie's Maid – Marie Benedict
Summary: Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She’s not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to…
Becky’s Book Reviews: February Reflections
In February, I read thirty-eight books. Books reviewed at Becky’s Book Reviews 14. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir. Pedro Martin. 2023. 320…
Aaron Lansky, of the Yiddish Book Center, Will Retire as President
Aaron Lansky was a young graduate student in Montreal in the late 1970s when he had an epiphany that changed…
Q & A with Aya Khalil
By Patricia J. Murphy | Egyptian American author and educator Aya Khalil will never forget how her third-grade teacher, Mrs.…
NBF Expands National Book Awards Eligibility Criteria
Posted on February 16, 2024 The National Book Foundation (NBF) has announced a change in eligibility criteria for the National…
Bill Pronzini on Elliott Chaze
Ed here: Bill Pronzini’s contributions to the genre of crime fiction have been enormous. First he created the groundbreaking Nameless…
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels | Books
Eviltato vs Superpea by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, Simon & Schuster, £7.99When everyone’s favourite potato goes bad, it’s up…
Discover the World’s Oldest University, Which Opened in 427 CE, Housed 9 Million Manuscripts, and Then Educated Students for 800 Years
In the Buddhist Asia of a dozen centuries ago, the equivalent of going off to study at an Ivy League…
Through a Herne’s Eye: On Ursula K. Le Guin’s “Five Novels”
AS THE LIBRARY of America reissues the works of Ursula K. Le Guin, not only the exemplary quality of her…
In My Mother’s Archive | David A. Bell
Until I was thirty-three, I thought I knew everything important about the life my mother, Pearl Kazin Bell, had lived…
Night Wherever We Go – Tracey Rose Peyton
Summary: On a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under…
22. Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame
Mrs. Quinn’s Rise To Fame. Olivia Ford. 2024. 384 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: It was a December night, the…
Book Review: ‘Battle for the Bird,’ by Kurt Wagner; ‘Extremely Hardcore,’ by Zoë Schiffer
BATTLE FOR THE BIRD: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter’s Soul, by Kurt Wagner EXTREMELY…
Michele Norris Explores Race and Identity In a New Book on the Race Card Project
“I love books,” Michele Norris declared as she launched into her presentation of Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think…
Ed Gorman’s blog: Gravetapping: Interview: Stephen Mertz
Stephen Mertz has written under various pseudonyms, including Don Pendleton,The Executioner, Jack Buchanan, M.I.A. Hunter, Jim Case, Cody’s Army, Stephen Brett, Jon…