Jennifer Paull

Jennifer Paull walks quickly.

“Poems Like Boxers”: Anyone Been to Peace Camp?

This past weekend, murmured poetry and glowing tents illuminated the British shoreline in an installation called Peace Camp. Have any ...

Miss Calvin and Hobbes? Read Frazz!

While nothing can ever replace the wisdom of Calvin and Hobbes in the funny pages, there is a contender for ...

Read It and Drink: A Guide to GATSBY and Alcohol

If chapter three of The Great Gatsby doesn’t make you thirsty, you must be Carrie Nation. It plunges you into ...

A Conversation with Salma Abdelnour

Salma Abdelnour published her first book, Jasmine and Fire: A Bittersweet Year in Beirut, this month. The memoir charts her ...

Four Exciting Upcoming Art Books

When in danger of a text tizzy at BEA, I retreated to the seductive arms of the art publishers’ booths. ...

If I Were Susan Orlean

I don’t usually fantasize about being in someone else’s shoes. No green-tinged daydreams about what life would be like if ...

Things I Found in My Books

During a recent book-packing spree, I naturally couldn’t resist flipping through a novel or twenty. With nearly every paperback sprung ...

Un-PC Books That Are Still Awesome

I’m grateful to Christopher Hitchens for many things, but one that stays with me is an introduction (via a Vanity ...

Bookstore Mash Note: City Lights Books

Whenever I’m asked about my devotion to City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, my reply tends to be something of ...

In Literature’s Debt

Tax season: those febrile weeks of running numbers, grimacing at bills, and otherwise financially ’fessing up. In a slightly masochistic ...