‘Starlight in a Dark Sky’: A nostalgic, heartwarming view of adolescence in a military family
“Starlight in a Dark Sky: Breadcrumbs to the Stars,” by Jerry Behimino, is a young adult fiction novel…
Want To Know the Future of the Art World? This Book Has You Covered
When the pandemic hit, the author and cultural consultant András Szántó didn’t let the crisis go to waste.…
Golden Run
Journalism is an endangered profession. The signs have been evident for decades: subscriptions and advertising in decline, publications…
Katherine Dunn’s ‘Near Flesh’ is a grim and gritty display of sinewy prose and morbid humor • Oregon ArtsWatch
Katherine Dunn (1945-2016) is best known for her National Book Award-nominated novel, “Geek Love.” A collection of her…
A Whole New (Yet Familiar) World
Classic kids’ book peeks into 1950s Alameda If you find yourself at a loss for something to read,…
Mapping shifts in the geography of tech innovation: China becomes a big player in AI research
The belief that China is a country only good at adopting technologies at scale has been a “misperception”,…
‘Let Only Red Flowers Bloom’ creates a gallery of contemporary resistance in China
NPR reporter Emily Feng traveled back and forth documenting the stories in “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity…
Knoedler gallery faking scandal is a gift that keeps on giving – The Art Newspaper
In general, a book is turned into a film—more, or less, successfully. This book is the other way…
Football As Religion
In 2018, Rick Bass took the field as a member of the Texas Express, a semipro football team…
Life Writing
Jonathan Lethem is concerned with time. Time as an element of narrative, yes: His new book, A Different…
Review: Elizabeth Knox’s Kings of This World is both dangerous and dreamy
Shanti Mathias reads the latest young adult novel from Elizabeth Knox. Kings of This World opens dramatically: a…
Toni Jordan’s engrossing page-turning saga
Tenderfoot – quick links Tenderfoot, Toni Jordan’s eighth novel, takes place in the suburban Brisbane of Joh Bjelke-Petersen…