February 11, 2013
Rare books, nervous dudes, and two minutes in which to discuss literature while sussing out potential mates: a report from the Strand's second annual literary speed dating event.
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Rare books, nervous dudes, and two minutes in which to discuss literature while sussing out potential mates: a report from the Strand's second annual literary speed dating event.
Read MoreIn England, doctors are now prescribing books to patients with mental health issues. And this week, David Shields put out a book called How Literature Saved My Life. Did books really save his life — and could they save yours?
Read MoreWho wouldn't like to live longer, as long as it doesn't require getting old? Anti-aging scientists have some ideas about how to lengthen your prime, and strangely enough it may have to do with lengthening the "caps" on the ends of your chromosomes.
Why hasn’t Mattel ever paired Barbie with a literary classic? We decided to make their jobs easy by whipping up some cross-marketing campaigns of our own. You're welcome.
Read MoreWelcome to Clementine’s Weekly Reading Series, where Clem the hedgehog talks about whatever she is currently reading. This week: Drinking With Men by Rosie Schaap.
Read MoreAll book lovers know the siren call of the $1 book cart — that sidewalk treasure chest of 1950s etiquette manuals, out-of-print Baby-Sitter’s Club books, and stray bestsellers. For my fellow thrifty bibliophiles, I’ve compiled a list of my favorite carts in New York.
Read MoreThis week's Intrepid Intern column is devoted to the author with three names: Bret Easton Ellis, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, et. al. We pay homage to their space-hogging monikers with the rebus puzzle, the stand-by of every issue of Highlights.
Read MoreIf brevity is truly the soul of wit, then your Twitter feed is the Algonquin round table of today's digital Dorothy Parkers and Ogden Nashes. Here's a selection of our favorite tweets from the week; nominate yours by submitting to @blackballoonpub with #twitwit.
Read MoreRilke is back! In advice column form, at least. The main brain behind Letters to a Young Poet is here to read your woeful attempts at eloquence and save your poor literary soul.
Read MoreRead on for a selection of songs from the fevered brain of Ian Svenonius (Nation of Ulysses, the Make-Up, Chain and the Gang, etc.) and a firsthand account of a basement seance he conducted to promote his book, Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group.
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