Of the close to 60 million Latinos in the U.S, a generous portion speak Spanglish. At LitHub.com, Ilan Stavans offers a new version of English literature’s most famous scene. Hamlet…Continue readingDo you speak Spanglish?
Bellingham is a bookish town. The plentiful new and used bookstores which we spotted as soon as we arrived on a scouting trip were in no small part the reason…Continue readingThe measure of a town
You could head for the hills to wait out the effects of rising seas as the world warms, or you could opt for a floating home from Italian yacht-maker, Jet…Continue readingSurvive the Apocalypse
“When I first arrived in LA,” Alex Heimbach writes at Bustle, “I was thrilled to discover the Library Bar. Unfortunately…the books were purely decorative… what I really wanted was a…Continue readingBooks & Booze, anyone?
Distractify offers us: 20 Of History’s Most Brilliant Minds And Their Drug Of Choice Lots of famous names here: Vincent van Gogh – Absinthe and Digitalis, Sigmund Freud – cocaine,…Continue readingBrilliant junkies
On Vox, Kelsey McKinney remembers the 30 times the novel has been declared dead since 1902 Read the whole story HERE ~~~~~ Since I have written many coming-of-age stories –from…Continue readingThe novel is dead – again
…but we already have 12 Star Trek Gadgets from the 24th Century John Brandon tells you about them at Mental Floss. Wikimedia Commons On the original series, Kirk and crew…Continue readingIt’s only Stardate -309971.68
No word I invented made the Top Ten list below, but “jin-shei“, my word for the sisters-of-the-heart relationship, that I wrote about in ‘Secrets of JIn-shei‘, has circled the world.…Continue readingWho said it first?
50 great books you’ll never read in school It’s that time of the year when reading for pleasure will give way to burning through that syllabus, Emily Temple writes at…Continue readingNot Safe For School
25 must-read books One of Powell’s Books customers asked for a list of 10 books that “everyone absolutely must read in his or her lifetime.” The question intrigued us and…Continue readingBefore you die…