Posted on May 24, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The idea of recycling isn't new — medieval book binders were glad to put parchment from older books to use...
Posted on May 23, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Two linguistic topics that I can't resist are the evolution of English and the impressive specificity of certain words in...
Posted on May 15, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Jonathan Eig's new biography of Martin Luther King Jr., titled King: A Life, comes out tomorrow. Here's one factoid to...
Posted on May 10, 2023 at 3:09 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Florida remains in the spotlight for its state policy towards books. This time, it's about school textbooks. NPR reports that...
Posted on April 26, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
A rare-books dealer was able to collect copies of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s works, plus a poetry...
Posted on April 18, 2023 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The National Endowment for the Humanities announced 258 grant beneficiaries on Tuesday, and among those projects are some literary efforts....
Posted on March 25, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
For many of us, a rare book is most likely a family heirloom, and an "old" one probably just came...
Posted on March 17, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
And here's our second March holiday post of the day. Alexander Poots recently released a book called The Strangers' House:...
Posted on March 12, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
If you thought the Oscars only recently became controversial, think again. Michael Schulman's new book, Oscar Wars: A History of...
Posted on March 2, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Colin Kaepernick’s publishing company and Haymarket Books are jointly producing an essay collection that promises to celebrate the Black radical...
