The Battle of the Somme began on 1 July 1916 and continued for the next […]
The Little Paris Bookshop, by Nina George
Bibliotherapy is the semi-serious prescribing of literature—novels, poems, essays, etc.—for emotional ailments. The theory is […]
Trigger warnings: Part II
At the end of the spring semester, m’colleague and I asked what the students thought […]
This week on the bookish Internet
Zoë Heller discusses whether book awards for woman are doing any good. (New York Times) […]
Rendezvous in Venice, by Philippe Beaussant
Philippe Beaussant’s novella, Rendezvous in Venice, is told in four parts that circle elegantly back into each […]
Jacob the Liar, by Jurek Becker
Is there such a thing as a good lie? Whenever this question comes up, I […]
The Devil’s Only Friend, by Dan Wells
The Devil’s Only Friend, by Dan Wells, is the latest novel in Wells’s series about John […]
The Odd Women, by George Gissing
The Odd WomenIt’s strange that an obscure book from 1893 should have so many things […]
This week on the bookish internet
Dalya Alberge shares how librarians and antiquarians battle “tome raiders.” (The Guardian) Alice Bolin writes […]
Perpetuating the bookish culture
Last week, while getting to know one of the new IT aides in the Library, […]