This week, Jeff and Rebecca spend most of the episode gawking at one of the strangest book-world stories they've yet covered.
In this episode, the story of how a 17-year-old named Mary Godwin came to write Frankenstein and in doing so write the first great work of science fiction.
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about follow up about Audible for dogs and coloring book sales, unpack the non-profit Voldemort movie, Michiku Kakutani's forthcoming book, swearing in books, and much more.
We have a brand new, top of the line Kindle Voyage to give away, courtesy of our friends at Avon. ...
This week, Jeff and Rebecca anticipate a shared favorite coming to Netflix, bag on fixing book prices, scratch their heads over Audible for dogs, and decide that suing Levar Burton is ill-advised.
In this episode, the story of how an unlikely cast of characters brought James Joyce's Ulysses to America, got it legalized, and changed how we understand what literature can do.
This week, Jeff and Rebecca mull PBS' upcoming The Great American Read and ponder the world's highest earning authors.
Meet Belle de Costa Greene, the most glamorous and influential librarian in early 20th Century America.
This week, Jeff and Amanda follow-up about ambiguous pen-names, go over the 2017 Man Booker longlist, mark Michiko Kakutani's retirement from the New York Times Book Review, and much more.
In this episode: the life of Belle De Costa Greene, the most glamorous and influential librarian in early 20th Century America, who kept a life-long secret that could have ended her career.