Grove at Home: January 24-30

…best bet at getting the “Karl Marx quoted in Men’s Health” square on your bingo card filled in anytime soon. “The great virtue of walking as a serious pursuit is…

10 Scandalous Facts About the 1958 Novel Candy

…Life magazine claimed, “Sex in America, after this event, will never be the same.” The actor, writer, and comedian B.J. Novak has provided an intro to the new edition. He…

Grove at Home: May 23-29

…To celebrate, here’s the sublime trio of Myrna Loy, William Powell, and the fox terrier Asta in W.S. Van Dyke’s pre-Code film adaptation of Hammett’s The Thin Man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9cnYeFFeC4  …

Grove at Home: January 17-23

…together / Code the world with the fugitive light.” Happy weekend, friends! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXdwvDjxOkM   Thursday, January 21 There’s certainly something big in the air today. As we all stay glued…

Father’s Day Reads: The Technologist

…the creation of the sophisticated machines that made it all work—and the discovery of Ma Bell’s Achilles’ heel. How to Fix the Future / Andrew Keen Andrew Keen was among…

Win $1000 for reading and writing about one of the most exciting novels of the twenty-first century

Fourteen years in the writing, and 1664 pages in length, theMystery.doc is one of the most unusual novels ever published, combining photographs, pop-up ads, web chats, lines of code with…

Crown & Sceptre

On the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s historic 70th anniversary on the throne, Tracy Borman’s sweeping narrative of the British monarchy illuminates one of history’s most iconic and enduring legacies

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The World Beneath

“Written in precise and singing prose, [Kennedy’s] powerful first novel . . . [is] a work of mythic depth, lyrical description, and gripping suspense.” —Adelaide Advertiser…

Woodcuts of Women

…“the burning skin of green chile,” of sharp sexual attractions and the hundred intimacies and antagonisms between men and women, are like no others. We need these stories.” –Annie Proulx…