Lady of the Library

The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.

Born enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist, lecturer and writer. Along the way, he met an aspiring writer.

The publishers’ lawsuit against our library is featured in the latest episode of “Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast.”

More and more people are writing memoirs than ever before. The trend is an extension of social media, and people being conditioned by algorithms to put their lives on display, and it’s creating higher levels of self-involvement, and one can easily be misled by feedback loops.

While we're still waiting for a studio to actually commit to Mike Flanagan's epic 5 season, 2 movie Dark Tower adaptation, that hasn't stopped rabid fans (like me) from getting really excited about the project. Given Flanagan's excellent work on two other King adaptations in Dr. Sleep and Gerald's Game,…

College students aren't reading anymore, unless you count texts, tweets, and social media comments (but I don't and here's why).

Books take a lot of resources to make. Digital readers do, too. What's the more sustainable option? The answer isn't straightforward.

Writer Arriel Vinson on finding a book’s form, returning to your original intention, and prioritizing the work.

Poet crossed out one racy passage, deeming it "an unbecom[ing] tale for a hist[ory]"

Want to break into book ghostwriting and collaborating? Follow these helpful tips from two industry experts.

“Celebrity memoirs, they are fan fiction,” Lisec said. “You take a couple of details then expand it."

You need someone like Jami Attenberg, of Buffalo Grove, Ill., in your head. She has this new book, “1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused and Productive All Year Round,” which is sort of the advice book equivalent of that friend who cheers beside a marathon route, tossing out enthusiasm and Gatorade.

Books were rare and expensive in colonial America, but the founding father had an idea

What book bindings teach us about readers of the past.

They will not be shushed.

Books will live on if we allow them to remain. We will need a tactile world to remind us that we are still here, that we can suffer and heal, make considered judgments, and love in a way that only biological beings can.

The "irreplaceable" works, including a first edition by Galileo, were taken in a dramatic London heist.

Margaret Atwood and John Grisham tell powerful stories. Non-fiction writers can learn from them.

Libraries across the U.S. are struggling to cover the cost of e-books, which have grown in popularity.