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Decline and Fall of the Spinach Kings: On the Wilting of a Family Dynasty

Decline and Fall of the Spinach Kings: On the Wilting of a Family Dynasty

John Seabrook Explores a History of Wealth, Enterprise, and Family Dysfunction

By John Seabrook | June 11, 2025

Which authors could be behind the drones over New Jersey?

Which authors could be behind the drones over New Jersey?

By James Folta | December 19, 2024

New Jersey fights back in the face of national book-banning.

New Jersey fights back in the face of national book-banning.

By Jonny Diamond | December 12, 2024

Paradise Lost to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey"> Princeton Goes to Prison: Teaching <em

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Paradise Lost to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey">Princeton Goes to Prison: Teaching Paradise Lost to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey

Orlando Reade on Privilege, Freedom and the Importance of Reading Disobediently

By Orlando Reade | December 10, 2024

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Area man named Bob Jablonski returns library book called <em

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Hitler 77 years overdue.">Area man named Bob Jablonski returns library book called Hitler 77 years overdue.

By Jonny Diamond | September 2, 2022

The Change You Want to See: From Free Meals to Good Books, Doing the Work in Jersey

The Change You Want to See: From Free Meals to Good Books, Doing the Work in Jersey

Literary Emporium">Ann Kjellberg on the Newly Opened Bookstore Hidden Gems
Literary Emporium

By Ann Kjellberg | June 25, 2021

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When Coronavirus Hit, This Writing Nonprofit Expanded to Serving Lunch

By Corinne Segal | July 29, 2020

At the Edge of the Woods: Why Writers Need Wilderness

By Nick Ripatrazone | April 11, 2018

From Calcutta to Jersey and Back Again, an Epic Immigrant Journey

By Kushanava Choudhury | January 12, 2018

On the Hard Lessons of Being a Hockey Dad

On the Hard Lessons of Being a Hockey Dad

Nick Paumgarten Looks for a Sheet of Fresh Ice

By Nick Paumgarten | October 10, 2017

The Lives of the Poets Aren't All That Cinematic

The Lives of the Poets Aren't All That Cinematic

A Quiet Passion and
Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson">Routine and Domesticity in Terence Davies’s A Quiet Passion and
Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson

By Lucy Scholes | April 13, 2017

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Paterson">Why Every Aspiring Writer Should Go See Paterson

Indulge in a rare bit of artistic realism

By Emily Temple | January 5, 2017

If Bruce Springsteen Wrote a Short Story Collection...

If Bruce Springsteen Wrote a Short Story Collection...

Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back">Presenting New York Times Bestseller, Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back

By Literary Hub | September 27, 2016

The Birth of a Small Town Bookstore

The Birth of a Small Town Bookstore

A Former Nurse Brings Black Dog Books to Newton, New Jersey

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 18, 2016

A Very Rare Book by One of America's All-Time Great Athletes

A Very Rare Book by One of America's All-Time Great Athletes

History of the Olympics">Visiting Jim Thorpe's $10,000 History of the Olympics

By Dwyer Murphy | August 5, 2016

On the Battle to Desegregate the Nation's Libraries

On the Battle to Desegregate the Nation's Libraries

When the Public Library Wasn't So Public

By Cynthia R. Greenlee | July 5, 2016