Notable NYC: 9/3–9/9
Tuesday 9/6: Nathan Hill presents The Nix, a novel. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Jonathan Safran Foer launches his new novel Here I Am. Congregation Beth Elohim, 7:30 p.m., $10. Amor…
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Ian MacAllen
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Ian MacAllen is the author of Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American (Rowman & Littlefield, April 2022). His writing has appeared in Chicago Review of Books, Southern Review of Books, The Offing, 45th Parallel Magazine, Little Fiction, Vol 1. Brooklyn, and elsewhere. Find him at IanMacAllen.com.
This Week in Indie Bookstores
The next victim of Amazon’s physical stores will be Chicago. If Los Angeles is having a literary renaissance, it is happing at The Last Bookstore. A bookstore in Tampa pokes fun…
Notable NYC: 8/27–9/2
Sunday 8/28: Leigh Stein, Swati Khurana, Ashley Lopez, Francisco Marquez, and Sasha Smith join the Pigeon Pages reading series. BookCourt, 4 p.m., free. Monday 8/29: Tim Murphy talks with James…
This Week in Indie Bookstores
Istanbul is suffering from a shortage of bookstores. Barnes & Noble has ousted CEO Ronald Boire. A crane collapsed in front of a Reno bookstore. No people—or books—were injured.
Notable NYC: 8/20–8/26
Saturday 8/20: Nicole Dennis-Benn, Kaitlyn Greenidge, and Yaa Gyasi join the Fort Greene Summer Lit Festival. BRIC, 2 p.m., free. Sunday 8/21: Astoria Bookshop celebrates its 3rd birthday. Astoria Bookshop,…
This Week in Indie Bookstores
London bookstores are turning off Wi-Fi access, hoping to keep buyers focused on books rather than the net. African-American bookstore Marcus Books is returning to the Fillmore District in San…
Notable NYC: 8/13–8/19
Saturday 8/13: Jersey City celebrates books with the Chilltown Literary Festival. WORD Jersey City and FJB Comics, 11 a.m., free. Sunday 8/14: K.T. Billey, Bruna Dantas Lobato, and Stephen Langlois…
This Week in Indie Bookstores
The World Bank houses a bookstore. Unfortunately, it’s closing. Harry Potter is causing a legal dispute between two bookstores in the Philippines, with one store claiming a legal monopoly over the book.…
Notable NYC: 8/6–8/12
Sunday 8/7: Queens Book Festival. Kaufman Astoria Studios, 11 a.m., free. Sarah Jean Grimm, Camonghne Felix, and Chelsea Hodson celebrate Zoe Dzunko’s chapbook launch, Selfless. LA Sala, 7 p.m., free.…
This Week in Indie Bookstores
The world’s oldest gay bookstore is getting a new lease on life by adding a cafe and liquor license. Bookstores in small Japanese towns are closing down. In an age…
Notable NYC: 7/30–8/5
Saturday 7/30: New York City Poetry Festival. Governor’s Island, 11 a.m., free. Sunday 7/31: New York City Poetry Festival. Governor’s Island, 11 a.m., free. Christopher “Loma” Soto, Shira Elrichman, and…
This Week in Indie Bookstores
A woman met her husband when she fell in love with the man operating the Twitter account for Waterstone’s Oxford bookstore. Bookstores are more than just bookstores, declares the Chicago…