East Village Apartment
Tuesday, May 24th, 2005A man was murdered on Sunday in my old East Village apartment building…on the same floor, too! This is totally weirding me out.

A man was murdered on Sunday in my old East Village apartment building…on the same floor, too! This is totally weirding me out.
From Randy Cohen’s article, We’ll Map Manhattan: I propose to create, with the help of the Book Review’s readers, a literary map of Manhattan — not of its authors’ haunts but those of their characters, a map of the literary stars’ homes. The Literary Map of Manhattan will appear in the Book Review on June [...]
Excerpt from The Book Babes article on the worth of book reviews: I see reviews, in other words, not primarily as a marketing tool, but as a way for us to encourage literary excellence. Putting reviews in newspapers, in particular, sends a message to the general public?and newspaper subscribers in particular?that ideas matter and reading [...]
Longtime library clerk leaves $350,000 to buy books