In January 1943 Philadelphia’s readers couldn’t get enough of Marcia Davenport’s second novel, The Valley of Decision , and Cecil Brown’s Suez to Singapore , the respective… continue reading Regional Bestsellers of the 1940s

By written by Communications Office    November 30, 2007   

A comprehensive study released by the National Endowment for the Arts on November 19 finds that Americans are reading less, and also less well. Key findings include that on average Americans… continue reading Americans Are Still Reading Less, And Less Well

By written by Communications Office    November 26, 2007   

A time to celebrate togetherness like it's 1621 ? continue reading Happy Thanksgiving

By written by Communications Office    November 21, 2007   

Read any good book autopsies lately? continue reading Where Fine Art and the Book Vivisect

By written by Communications Office    November 19, 2007   

Etymythologies are etymologies that are not factually true but remain popular nonetheless. "[They're] like family anecdotes," writes Ben MacIntyre for the Times. "They may not literally be true;… continue reading Etymythologies

By written by Communications Office    November 16, 2007   

This Saturday , November 17 , the Free Library's Print and Picture Collection, together with the Philadelphia Center for the Book , will present Book, Paper, Scissors , an artist's book fair. (If… continue reading Book, Paper, Scissors

By written by Communications Office    November 14, 2007   

According to Google , "Revision is a critical piece of the writing process." Indeed. "Now, Google Docs has partnered with Weekly Reader’s Writing for Teens magazine to help you teach it in a… continue reading Weekly Reader Facilitates the Googlification of America?

By written by Communications Office    November 9, 2007    1

Thankless too for peace, (Peace long preserved by fleets and perilous seas) Secure from actual warfare, we have loved To swell the war-whoop, passionate for war! from "Fears in Solitude"… continue reading This Means War . . . Poetry

By written by Administrator    November 7, 2007   

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In a recently published interview with Bookslut , Shalom Auslander is asked if writing has stopped being a catharsis for him--if the publication of his new memoir, Foreskin's Lament , signals an… continue reading Shalom Auslander Thought It Would Be More Cathartic

By written by Communications Office    November 5, 2007   

"... [There's] nothing quite like a book-about-a-blog-about-a-book ," writes Peter Stothard, former Times editor and current editor of the Times Literary Supplement , in his blog for Times Online .… continue reading Books About Blogs About Books About Blogs . . .

By written by Communications Office    November 2, 2007