On a rainy San Francisco evening in late November 1959, thirty-three-year-old Japanese American poet, Albert Saijo, climbed into the back of an eastbound Willys Jeep station wagon. The wagon belonged to the red-haired poet Lew Welch, also thirty-three years old; In the passenger seat sat thirty-seven-year-old writer Jack Kerouac, looking fresh steve allen showAnd looking
When I was a child, the public library in my small Alabama town, a one-story frame building that had once been a train depot, was off-limits to me. This was the early 1960s, more than a decade before schools were integrated and “public” buildings became accessible to all. As black children, my siblings and I
Two centuries after Jane Austen came into existence, Mr. Darcy remains one of the most enduring figures in romantic fiction. The even more interesting question is why we love him – that part is already well established – what does it say about us that we continue to return to a character whose most famous
I’m in my car, in the parking lot of Trader Joe’s in South Pasadena. On the phone, my friend Monica is telling me about a lost dog in her Salt Lake City neighborhood, a blue heeler who has been seen limping and has escaped capture. I passively scroll through Instagram as I try to imagine
Dogs in Art, Birds of the World, Romance Scammers and More Thomas W Laqueur’s dog’s gazeRobert McFarlane and Jackie Morris book of birdsAnd of Carlos Barragán yahoo boys These are all among the best-reviewed non-fiction titles of the month. Brought to you by book marksLit Hub’s home for book reviews. * 1. The Dog’s Gaze:
It stars Maggie O’Farrell, Ann Patchett, Andrew Sean Greer and others Maggie O’Farrell’s landAnn Patchett’s Whistlerand Andrew Sean Greer Villa Coco All of these are among the best-reviewed fiction titles of the month. Brought to you by book marksLit Hub’s home for book reviews. * 1. land By Maggie O’Farrell(knopf) 14 revs • 1 positive
I think I have always written stories because I spent all my school holidays at my aunt’s place. When normal life resumed, I was somewhere else, far away, in another city, in another place, with other friends. Throughout my childhood, I was always absent-minded. From the first day of the holidays, the children of my
From the podcast, Excerpt: On Morrison Every city has a beat, a rhythm, it is touched by light in a certain way. continues to tour for at morrison, Namwali Spiral Lands in sunny Oakland, California, where she reads Morrison’s charming, swinging portrait of Harlem’s Jazz Age with the poet and writer Kathy Park Hong. At
This summer, the American Library Association is auctioning off a rare collection of its iconic Read posters to commemorate the organization. 150th year of doing business. Thanks to a partnership with Heritage Auctions, the world’s largest collection auctioneer, readers everywhere can now own a piece of literary history. The books are (so to speak) open,
Attention, Austin Hive! We have an official release timeline for Georgia Oakley’s new film sense and Sensibility. This October, we’re riding again for the Dashwood Sisters. You guys collect petticoats and horses accordingly. The first major adaptation of the novel since Ang Lee’s 1995 novel, New s&s Daisy Edgar-Jones plays the indomitable Elinor, and Esme