Books

How Joshua Foer Remembers Everything

By Sharon Bruce March 21, 2011

Joshua Foer just wanted to write an article on people who try to remember lots of random stuff, but then he became one of them. Read More

Michael Chabon Sells Show To HBO

By Juliet Linderman March 8, 2011

Move over Boardwalk Empire, Michael Chabon comes to HBO. Read More

Boroughless Lethem

By Jon Reiss February 17, 2011

The Brooklyn literary community muttered a collective “what a dick” this morning when New York Magazine reported some comments that were made by Jonathan Lethem to the LA Times. Read More

I Love Crown Heights: How A Chabadnik Became the Neighborhood’s Maven of Literature

By Margarita Korol February 14, 2011

Penina Roth’s Franklin Park Monthly Reading Series is putting Crown Heights on the literary map. Read More

The 50 Most Essential Works Of Jewish Fiction Of The Last 100 Years

By Jason Diamond February 9, 2011

From the Kafkaesque to “Everything is Illuminated” and a childhood favorite: the 50 works of fiction by or about Jews that you must check out. Read More