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The Washington Post is gutting its books coverage – Literary Hub
The Washington Post is gutting its books coverage. By Brittany Allen, February 4, 2026 Earlier today, Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post laid off hundreds of its employees, in what one staffer called “an absolute bloodbath.” As The Guardian reported this morning, editor-in-chief Matt Murray told his masthead that the paper was due for a “strategic reset.”…
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Reviews of Amy Coney Barrett’s New Book “Listening to the Law”
Reviews of Amy Coney Barrett’s New Book “Listening to the Law” This review selection covers a broad spectrum, from early promotional and explanatory pieces to critical and even harsh negative assessments, balanced by some supportive takes emphasizing judicial insight and personality. The range presents a clear view of the mixed reception to Barrett’s book and…
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Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations
Reviews of Vintage Science Fiction (1945-1985) Editor’s Note: Excellent blog covering the depths of origin science fiction. Site: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/07/11/short-story-reviews-clifford-d-simaks-conditions-of-employment-1960-retrograde-evolution-1953-and-youll-never-go-home-again-variant-title-beachhead-1951/Highly recommended to follow!
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Thoughtless obedience and the healing power of trees: 2024’s best Books in brief
BOOK REVIEW 16 December 2024 Thoughtless obedience and the healing power of trees: 2024’s best Books in brief Bibliophile Andrew Robinson reveals 10 essential science reads from the past year. By Andrew Robinson Source: Thoughtless obedience and the healing power of trees: 2024’s best Books in brief
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On Books: Read Dangerously, In the Margins, Write for Your Life : NPR
By Sharmila Mukherjee, May 13, 2022 What does this perilous time of disease and destruction ask of us as readers and writers? Three new books spotlight the power of the written word to foster creative responses to confinement and oppression — and to inspire deep change within us. Azar Nafisi’s Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power…
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Intellectual bees, doyenne of dark matter, and mathematical grief: Books in brief | Nature
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the week’s best science picks. Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond, Ashley Jean Yeager MIT Press (2021) ‘More matter than meets the eye’ is a chapter title of this insightful biography of the pioneering astronomer Vera Rubin by science journalist Ashley Yeager, who interviewed her in later life. Best known…
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In Praise of Public Libraries | by Sue Halpern | The New York Review of Books
A public library is predicated on an ethos of sharing and egalitarianism. It is nonjudgmental. It stands in stark opposition to the materialism and individualism that otherwise define our culture. It is defiantly, proudly, communal. The sociologist Eric Klinenberg reminds us that libraries were once called palaces for the people. Klinenberg is interested in…
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Your Profile | NetGalley
NetGalley is a site where book reviewers and other professional readers can read books before they are published, in e-galley or digital galley form. Members register for free and can request review copies or be invited to review by the publisher. DrWeb is a member, and I review books from publishers. As a retired librarian,…
