There's something special about finding, nestled among bills and glossy catalogs, a personal letter in the mail. The envelope may be wrinkled, smudged...
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 03.25.2012
By: Robyn Gee A new film on the education circuit offers a new assessment of the answer to America's public education woes. Simply put: our current ...
Alma Katsu | Posted 02.19.2012
Working out of its headquarters at the Museum of Unnatural History (its logo cleverly mimicking the Smithsonian's) at 3233 14th Street NW, 826dc provides writing programs for underserved youth.
Posted 12.14.2011
Ever heard of World Book Night? If not, you will. Because they want your help to give away free books. WBN first launched in the UK last year. It t...
Bill Bush | Posted 02.12.2012
Meg Waite Clayton | Posted 01.07.2012
Author Dave Eggers and physician/human rights scholar Lola Vollen have founded a nonprofit division of McSweeney's Books called Voice of Witness, meant to empower those most closely affected by contemporary social injustice.
Teddy Wayne | Posted 11.20.2011
John Warner is now set to make his literary debut with The Funny Man, a tragicomic novel about a pedestrian comedian who rockets to unhappy success by performing with his fist in his mouth.
salon.com | Ellen Shapiro, Imprint | Posted 10.02.2011
About two months ago, we lost a great man. His name was Jay Criche, and he was a teacher....
Lisa Bloom | Posted 09.13.2011
How do you find great books to read? Here's a reading list of books that will stir you, provoke you, keep you up at night and make you late for work, and get your grey matter sizzling.
Posted 07.17.2011
It's a wild and varied staff at Huffington Post and the reporters are avid readers. They've got favorites they're in the middle of reading and we thou...
Time Out Chicago | Posted 06.27.2011
Stars: They're just like us! Not really. But a lot of them grew up here, and we've collected dozens of their funny, touching or just plain unbelievabl...
flavorwire.com | Posted 06.27.2011
Skiing in the Alps, laying back in roomy, first-class seats, shopping in Milan — it’s the life, isn’t it? Unfortunately, it’s not the life tha...
Newsweek | Ramin Setoodeh | Posted 05.25.2011
The transformation of the book industry has reached a tipping point. Electronic books now outsell paperbacks on Amazon, the retailer recently announce...
salon.com | Steve Kornacki | Posted 05.25.2011
Over the last two days, Salon's Laura Miller has revealed her list of the most memorable fiction and nonfiction books of the year. (Her picks included...
Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011
Bestselling mystery writer Thomas Perry is just one of the dozens of authors who will name characters in their books after you -- if you are the highe...
guardian.co.uk | Posted 05.25.2011
Author Nick Hornby and art entrepreneurs Ben Payne and Lucy Macnab open the first Ministry of Stories centre in east London. Based on Dave Eggars' San...
The Bay Citizen | Posted 05.25.2011
We invited San Francisco author and artist Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney's literary journal and the nonprofit writing center 826 Valencia, to the ...
Michael Ames | Posted 05.25.2011
"I am not a fan of burning books, and I have some experience in this," he said. "We cannot burn books, no matter how much you dislike the book. I would not, for instance, burn the books of Dan Brown."
Posted 05.25.2011
Two very different organizations announced writing award recipients today. First, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize announced its finalists for writing...
The Outlet | Posted 05.25.2011
The letters are the same as all the ones that have come before, and as usual, I'm taking it from all sides. Sometimes I'm surprised I'm not getting re...
Posted 05.25.2011
The weekend of October 1st is going to be very busy in the literary world, as heavy hitters from across all book genres are slated to appear at the 11...
McSweeney's | By LUKE BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011
Chocolate Cherry Cordial: You must not think me mad when I tell you what I found below the thin shell of chocolate used to disguise this bonbon's tru...
Posted 05.25.2011
"Eyewitness Reports" is a charity auction of 37 pieces of original art by some of the best children's book artists today. The auction proceeds will be...
GNN | Posted 05.25.2011
We're betting Quinn Fabray can spell "Glee," but can Dianna Agron, the actress who plays her on the hit musical comedy, win a spelling bee? She'll try...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Dave Eggers and Amiri Baraka are among the winners of the 31st annual American Book Awards, given for literary works that cover "the ...
The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 03.05.2012