Quote of the Week | C. S. Lewis
On this day in 1962, Kingsley Amis, C. S. Lewis, and Brian Aldiss gathered in Lewis’s rooms at Magdalene College, Cambridge to discuss the merits of science fiction. The conversation was recorded and published in 1964 as "The Establishment must die and rot." A year...
Quote of the Week | Jesmyn Ward
And we're back! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Now, let us return to the world of books. Since you all follow us on Facebook and Twitter (*cough, cough*), I'm sure you're aware that the novelist, essayist, and memoirist Jesmyn Ward won the National...
Quote of the Week | Edwidge Danticat
On November 9, late in the evening, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, World Literature Today, announced the 2017 winner of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature: Edwidge Danticat. In addition to a...
Quote of the Week | Liz Smith
Liz Smith, affectionately dubbed "the longtime queen of New York’s tabloid gossip columns" by the The New York Times, died in her home yesterday at the age of 94. Best known for her exposés on Donald and Ivana Trump's split in 1990 and Madonna’s pregnancy in 1996,...
Quote of the Week | Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman, 19, was named the first-ever Youth Poet Laureate of the United States on April 26, 2017. A community leader, activist, and author, the Harvard University sophomore is thoughtful, cadenced, and ambitious – and is looking forward to running for president...
Quote of the Week | Jane Austen
On this day in 1811, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility was published in three volumes by Thomas Egerton. The book's initial print run was 750 copies. It sold out within the year. Austen paid for the novel’s printing and advertising herself, in addition to paying the...