Despite endless admonitions against the practice, books are, in fact, often judged by their covers. Also: their back cover copy; those little metallic stickers announcing awards won; and their first lines. But what about their last lines? What if you’re one of those people who reads the last page of a book in case you die before you […]
The novel is a big canvas. It allows for complexity and a deep dive into character—ample space for readers to explore and contemplate. The price for this experience is time—it can take several hours to several months to read a novel, depending on its girth. It’s easy to assume a short story would be less […]
Literary nerds’ hearts were set aflutter this week with the revelation that five new books from the late J.D. Salinger are coming our way, including a previously unpublished novel and new stories about Holden Caulfield, narrator of The Catcher in the Rye. The news broke in the leadup to the publication of Salinger, an exhaustive […]