"Wish You Were Here" at the Grolier Club explores two centuries of NYC tourism using guidebooks, postcards, and other ephemera.

In July of 2020, a little less than six months after COVID-19 sent much of the world into lockdown, I reviewed three newly ...

One of the many wonderful things about animation is you can literally own the movie you love. Before computers took over, ...

Kristen Arnett’s ‘Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One’ explores Florida’s queer community and the role of art.

It’s not easy, but here’s how Mark Krotov, the publisher of the literary magazine n+1, attempts it, often with his 6-year-old ...

The Painted Word” by Tom Wolfe Famed journalist Tom Wolfe, known for his flamboyant and eclectic writing style, manages to ...

Bevis Hillier's 1968 book Art Deco of the 20s and 30s made art deco famous. As part of our Art Deco Centenary series, he ...

An appreciation of South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose plays that bore witness to the cruelty of apartheid, ...

Elon Green’s telling of the life and death of the artist Michael Stewart is filled with heartbreaking echoes of the present.

One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...

From biographies of artists to kids using art to help them cope with life's challenges, these books offer a wide variety of stories. For more books for kids and teens, check out these lists: Coming-of ...

“I promise you it’s the kind of book you won't want to put down,” Oprah says. For the first time in Book Club history, Oprah picked the same book twice. Originally selected for the club in 2008, A New ...