The strangely short history of a publishing niche. The smallest book in the world is on display at the Frankfurt Book Fair, 1961. (Photo by Keystone / Getty Images) As an English professor, I’m often ...

The Booker prize bills itself as the “leading literary award in the English-speaking world”. Certainly it is one of, if not, ...

There is a fine line between Calabash and a cult. After all, there exist legions who will not miss the biennial festival for anything in the world—those of us who, religiously and ritualistically, ...

The scene: a graduate seminar in literature sometime in the eerily becalmed days of the mid-1990s, when for an aspirant to an academic job, the future seemed poised to break in one of two ...

Josh Lambert argues that while Jews didn’t control the publishing world, people should be mindful of how Jewish writers and editors still benefit from their networks. (JTA) — In the postwar years, ...

There is no shortage of reasons to travel. Whether it’s a family vacation, a solo trip to an exotic country, or a “baecation” with your loved one, chances are, there’s a trip you have planned this ...