Lit List: Monday August 8, 2016

Lit List: Monday August 8, 2016

Today on the Lit List: The impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Jewish community of New Orleans; The New Yorker reviews the latest and final Harry Potter instalment; Mulberry Films buys the rights to Basma Abdel Aziz's The Queue; and the genius of James Brown.

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Lit List: Thursday July 21, 2016

Lit List: Thursday July 21, 2016

Today on the Lit Lis: Artists read from Oscar Wilde’s “De Profundis,” inside the prison in which he wrote it; a new film adaptation of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar; a conversation with Margaret Atwood, and more.

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Lit List: Monday July 18, 2016

Lit List: Monday July 18, 2016

Today on the Lit List: Judy Blume and John Green are among the authors to join more than 20,000 Americans in a petition for peace; Donald Trump's ghostwriter shares his experiences with the presumptive presidential candidate; a new e-reader app from the NYPL, and more.

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Lit List: Tuesday July 5, 2016

Lit List: Tuesday July 5, 2016

Today on the Lit List: Remembering Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel; Donald Trump inspires another book idea - this time for kids; and new book releases from Ball, Flanery, MacMahon and more.

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Lit List: Wednesday June 29, 2016

Lit List: Wednesday June 29, 2016

Today on the Lit List: A new book about music legend David Bowie; a list of revolutionary novels (just in time for the 4th of July); and Canada's Prime Minister to become a comic book character.

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