The last Yiddish bookstore in New York City
With so many Jewish-Americans living in New York City, and with Yiddish being a language that?s still very much alive, one would think there would be at least a few Yiddish bookstores dotting the metropolitan area. But there?s only one?CYCO (pronounced ?SEE-koh?) Publishing House, located in Long Island City, Queens, an area that, while not…
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Writer blows $10k on a glass of fake Scotch
The Washington Post has an interesting article about a bestselling Chinese writer who dropped ten grand on a rare Scotch, only to discover the spirit was a forgery. Zhang Wei, described as a popular writer of fantasy martial arts books, took his grandmother to Switzerland, and visited a bar known for its collection of rare…
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The Brothers: A tragedy decades in the making
Through a recent conversation about Russian politics, I learned about Masha Gessen?s 2015 book ?The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy,? about Tamerlan and Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev, the brothers behind the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Both had been written off as radicalized Chechens whose newfound religious zeal caused them to avenge their Muslim brothers,…
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Who Murdered Fonzie?
Interesting news of a publishing deal today, via Publisher’s Marketplace: James Boice, author of MVP has sold a comedic noir entitled Who Killed the Fonz? that “picks up the story of HAPPY DAYS two decades later, in the year 1984, and finds successful Los Angeles screenwriter Richie Cunningham returning to Milwaukee to investigate the suspicious…
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What gun books do you like?
National media headlines likely won’t be free of firearm related tragedies anytime soon. Our social media feeds probably won’t suddenly be free of arguments between 2nd Amendment proponents and gun control advocates. Wherever you fall on the political spectrum, it doesn’t matter, because shit ain’t going away anytime soon. But we can all try to…
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