Nicholas Basbanes
At yesterday's ceremony in New York to honor the heroic acts of Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger III and the crew of U. S.
I hope you all take a few minutes to read my tribute to Abe Lincoln in the February issue of Fine Books & Collections,
The community of bibliophiles lost a wonderful friend over the weekend with the passing in Columbus, Ohio, of Ronald L.
It was twenty-five years ago this month, almost to the day, that I heard John Updike give a talk about books and reading that resonates with me as if he had delivered it yesterday.
Richard Yates, the author of the critically acclaimed novel "Revolutionary Road," died in 1992 at the age of 66, a good three years before Amazon.com sold its first book online, and redefined forever
Much has been made over the past couple of weeks on the matter of two presidents--one being sworn in tomorrow, the other heading back to Texas after eight years in the Oval Office--and what they have
The National Endowment for the Arts has released a new survey with the exciting news that "literary" reading in the Uni
It's always pretty sad when we note the passing of a great book store, as happened to be the case in 2007 when the Gotham Book Mart, long a cultural landmark in Midtown Manhattan, took its last breath
Given that my day job, as it were, is the writing of nonfiction, I wish I could express adequately the utter dismay I feel at the
