Nicholas Basbanes
Much has been made over the past couple of weeks on the matter of two presidents--one being sworn in tomorrow, the other heading back to Texas after eight years in the Oval Office--and what they have
The National Endowment for the Arts has released a new survey with the exciting news that "literary" reading in the Uni
It's always pretty sad when we note the passing of a great book store, as happened to be the case in 2007 when the Gotham Book Mart, long a cultural landmark in Midtown Manhattan, took its last breath
Given that my day job, as it were, is the writing of nonfiction, I wish I could express adequately the utter dismay I feel at the
The death yesterday at 78 of Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter brings to mind a very brief discussion I had with the great British playwright twenty-four years ago, and how I acquired what is easily one of
An homage of sorts today to the great Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936), the inimitable Chicago newspaperman whose syndicated column of a century ago was a national sensation, earning the unqualified end
It's days like these that I think how senseless the loss last year of the great American writer, David Halberstam, killed in a terrible automobile accident in Northern California.
Today, we have redux of another kind, and not one that is
very pleasant to report.
very pleasant to report.
The idea of "luxury publishing" is by no means a
new concept, the tradition of artisans being commissioned by wealthy patrons to
create exquisite books that are coveted as works of art in and of
thems
new concept, the tradition of artisans being commissioned by wealthy patrons to
create exquisite books that are coveted as works of art in and of
thems
