A man in a beige jacket and hat and a woman in a red sweater stand in a cozy room with bookshelves, a mirror, and comfortable seating in the background. Dave Eggers didn’t know what to do with all the books gathering dust in his garage. These weren’t copies of the bestselling author’s award-winning books […]
Courtesy of Caidan Pilarski At 5 p.m. on Nov. 15, 2024 at Buffalo Street Books in downtown Ithaca, Miklos Mattyasovszky and Sam Samakande of the Cornell MFA in Creative Writing program could be seen reciting their fiction and poetry respectively to an eager group of writing enthusiasts. I was among the crowd of young and […]
From “Island of Whispers.”Credit…Emily Gravett ISLAND OF WHISPERS , by Frances Hardinge; illustrated by Emily Gravett How often do you find a book that can enchant 10-year-olds and grandparents, that feels both timeless and quirkily specific, that’s super creepy but also hugely life-affirming? With “Island of Whispers,” Frances Hardinge delivers. Milo, 14, is the son […]
Despite writing a novel about ghosts, I do not profess to be a ghost expert. But I do know that every April, my family gathers at multiple cemeteries across New York and New Jersey to pay their respects to our grandparents, parents, uncles, and aunties that have passed. We burn gold-flecked paper and “hell notes” […]
