Book clubs
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Origins of the Book Club
At JSTOR Daily, Pamela Burger follows the history of women’s book clubs from their progressive 19th century origins to their recent Oprah-inspired revival: In many ways, these older groups paved the way for women to view themselves as having a…
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The Mark Zuckerberg Book Club
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has launched a new book club, and it already has 80,000 members. Some people are hoping Facebook’s reach will make this a powerful tool akin to Oprah’s book club, once known for driving tens of thousands in…
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Ambitious Book Clubs
According to Nicole Bernier, reading groups and book clubs are more and more becoming heavy influencers of the publishing industry, remaining the best social way to read and discuss a book. “But the strength of the book-club phenomenon is that…
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Discussion Nostalgia, Book Clubbing
Up on your wall behind your office desk is a small sheet of paper, gold-leaf embossed, an emblem in the bottom right hand corner—it reads: The University of Something-or-Rather in authoritative print. But is the paper just filling space? You…
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Hilton Als
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Hilton Als about his new collection White Girls, an intriguing amalgam of fiction, essay, and memoir.
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
It’s summertime. BookExpo is in the past. Writers have taken a little break from accosting critics. The book blogs finally have some free time. And like most people, they are spending that time poking around the Internet and finding lots…