The loss of Bookforum makes a tough environment for longform book criticism even tougher
The loss represents another in the death of a thousand cuts that is unfolding in the arena of print journals and magazines.
Madness, mystery, and mathematics combine in a pair of existential inquisitions by Cormac McCarthy
Uncertainty, both in its quantum nature and its narrative manifestation, is all over these two volumes.
Thomas Allen & Son, one of Canada’s oldest book distributors, to close in March 2023
"I have already gone through the motions of downsizing a couple of times over the last ten years," says Jim Allen. "This time, there just isn't any way to do it."
Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House, to leave position by year’s end
PRH president and COO Nihar Malaviya will become interim CEO as of January 2023.
With his new short story collection, Stuart Ross continues in the spirit of underground publishing
Traces of writers as diverse as Daniil Kharms and Jorge Luis Borges are detectable in the collection.
Alan Moore stretches the generic definition of a story with a single volume that comprises eight short(er) pieces and one full-on novel
Its generic inappropriateness notwithstanding, "What We Can Know About Thunderman" is worth the price of the current volume all on its own.
The demise of Astra magazine after only two issues bodes ill for the prospects of lit mags in the future
There are – for the moment, at least – publishers willing to try innovative approaches to keeping literary periodicals alive in one form or another.
Kid lit non-profit We Need Diverse Books initiates anti-censorship effort Books Save Lives
The campaign includes a grant to schools as well as grassroots organizing and support for affected writers.
Greek mythology, feminism, and body horror collide in Martine Desjardins’s intriguing Gothic fantasia
By melding elements of Greek mythology, nature, and body horror, Desjardins has created something unique and enticing.
The auteur as film geek: Quentin Tarantino delivers a vulgar love letter to the films that inspired him
Cinema Speculation is a good primer on the groundbreaking cinema that influenced one of the savviest, most provocative filmmakers of his own generation.