Books beyond Bobst: An art history novel, an athletic autobiography and more
Books beyond Bobst is a book-rec column highlighting what NYU students are reading now, outside of their classes. If you’re in need of a new read, look no further.
Books beyond Bobst: A modern classic, a short story collection and more
Books beyond Bobst is a book-rec column highlighting what NYU students are reading now, outside of their classes. If you’re in need of a new read, look no further.
How I learned to love reading again
As casual reading becomes trendy on social media, there is a tendency to read for quantity rather than quality.
Reading Guide: Fall in love with Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy’s writing has the bittersweet simplicity of Hemingway and the intriguing strangeness of Murakami with a key element both authors lack: well-developed female characters.
‘I’m like the slut of literature’: Fran Lebowitz speaks at NYU’s Casa Italiana
Renowned author Fran Lebowitz discussed style, her career and her annoyance with NYU students.
Students will be able to digitally access 150,000 NYU Libraries books from their phones
A new NYU Libraries program will scan coursebooks, ebooks, reference works and audiobooks and make them accessible for students and faculty on their mobile devices and tablets.
Culture Desk Faves: Our Quarantine Hobbies
WSN’s Culture desk shares the ways they found to cope with quarantine.
Staff Rants: Books
From John Green to “Little House on the Prairie” — here’s our staff’s takes on books.
Here’s Why Scripts Deserve as Big of Spotlight as Books
Poems and prose are conventional materials for reading while plays are wrongfully excluded despite their many admirable qualities.
High School Education Kills Shakespeare All Over Again
High school analysis of Shakespeare both misses the point of his works and causes many people to dislike them — but this doesn’t have to be the case.
Amy Hempel and Casey Legler Read at NYU’s Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
Seminal short fiction writer and Olympic swimmer-turned-memoirist joined host Darin Strauss at The Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House for a reading of their recent work, finding connection in their shared fixation with water and unconventional styles.
New York’s Indie Bookstores Survive by Promoting Community, Providing Experience
As rent hikes and Amazon pose a continuous threat to the city’s independent bookstores, small business owners tune into community interests and re-define what a bookstore can be.
