Book Review: Luminous Airplanes by Paul La Farge
This journey for a father figure is a skillful and enjoyable read
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Book Review: Lucky Break
The life of an actor remains endlessly fascinating, even as their minor crises of conscience and career seem more and more rote to the general public. For some reason, Esther Freud has been seduced by the glitz and glamour, and the result is her mildly diverting but ultimately disappointing Lucky Break [ read more... ]
Book Review: Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case
The case of Sybil, the pseudonym for a young woman suffering from 17 multiple personalities as the result of some Gothic child abuse at the hands of her monstrous mother, became a cultural touchstone almost immediately upon the 1973 publication of Flora Rheta Schreiber’s nonfiction account of her treatment [ read more... ]
Romeo book signing event
By Aspen Matis Attributing human behavior and emotions to our animal brethren is as old as the first myth—or, if you want something a little closer, as Mickey Mouse or Bugs Bunny cartoons. Rarely, however, have they been displayed as poignantly or hilariously as in Romeo Alaeff’s new book of drawings I’ll Be Dead By
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The Little Book That Could
A good book is discovered by a big publisher By Aspen Matis Emily Rubin, 55, is a youthful-looking former dancer whose debut novel, Stalina, was recently published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. We spoke with Rubin in her colorful East Village apartment about teaching fiction writing to cancer patients, buying her apartment from the city of
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OT Downtown: Anthony Pappalardo’s Playlist for His Generation
A New Hampshire Ex-Pat Charts the Cultural Shifts Born and Bred in Downtown Manhattan
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I Would Prefer Not To
In an unlikely pairing Occupy Wall Street has teamed up with Herman Melville to bolster its cause. Melville’s famous short story Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is set to become another poster boy for the Occupy movement
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Our Town: The Truth About Sybil
The Park Avenue Multiple Personality Saga Unfurls on the Page
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Strand Book Store Remains Strong
By Georgia Suter Competition from tablets and ebooks have shaken the stability of many bookstores in New York and across the United States in the past few years. While a shift in the bookstore landscape started years earlier, with large chain booksellers forcing lesser-known independent stores out of business, the new digital shift is pushing
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Eric Lanlard’s new book, Cake Boy
A Man with Pastries By Veronica Hoglund In celebration of Eric Lanlard’s new book, Cake Boy, New Yorkers gathered for an afternoon tea hosted by the Crosby Street Hotel. Guests sipped warm drinks and snacked on the most beautiful treats, which were even tastier than they appeared. Lanlard is best known for his cake boutique
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