LaToya Jordan

This week in New York the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, Cartoonists battle at FISTICUFFS at the 92Y Tribeca, How I Learned It’s Not Me, It’s You (Or Maybe It’s Me), Girls Write Now Chapters Reading with Anna…

Canadian photographer Jonathan Hobin convinced the parents of some very cute kids to allow him to photograph their children reenacting scenes from real-life tragedies, including the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center, the Abu Ghraib prison torture, and…

“I told him that I had loved Freedom, which is true and would have been a great ending point for our exchange. So it’s difficult to articulate what possessed me, at a later, boozier point in the dinner, to ask…

This week in New York, The Poetry Society of America takes on Irish and American poetry, Page Meets Stage at the Bowery Poetry Club, Rumpus Books Editor Andrew Foster Altschul reads with poet Nick Flynn at powerHouse Arena, spend Earth…

“…it’s all around us, seeps into everything we do, but we don’t see it, we can’t see it, because it’s simply everywhere. It powers us into work, takes us on holiday, lights up our homes and cools down our food.…

This is awesome: Christophe Gowans, a graphic designer from London, wondered what it would be like if some of his favorite albums were actual books. He designed book covers and even digitally aged them to be more authentic. Have you…

If you liked Little Women as a kid: “Family may be the most important thing to you, but that wouldn’t stop you from stealing your sister’s ex boyfriend.” —Flavorwire’s write-up on some favorite children’s books and what your favorite says…

“Reading articles 100 years after they were published means that the topics are often surprisingly relevant. For example, when today’s media was talking about the 2010 census, I posted a Times Magazine article about how the 1910 census was counted…

Houston Judge John Clinton thought it would be a good idea to replace community service with book reports. Nine defendants were sentenced to reading a book of the judge’s choice and reporting back to court in a month to talk to him about it.…