Brooklyn Bookbeat

Set in 1920s Manhattan, Suzanne Rindell’s much anticipated debut novel “ … Full Article

Best known for her play “The Vagina Monologues,” feminist writer and activist Eve Ensler has devoted much of her life to educating the world about the … Full Article

Benjamin Percy’s latest novel, “Red Moon” (Grand Central Publishing; On-Sale: May 7, 2013), is an explosive and deeply layered literary thriller set in the American West. … Full Article

The generation that went to Woodstock, fought with police against the Vietnam War, and later, enjoyed a "me" decade – the "Baby Boomer" generation – has taken part in transforming our economy into a system that many regard as genuinely hostile to "the people." … Full Article

The twenties are  all about striking out on your own, but navigating the choppy waters of adulthood to become “a living, breathing, job-having, bill-paying, responsible adult?” Not as easy as it looks. … Full Article

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) announced on Monday the first annual Bike the Branches event  – a one-day bike ride on May 11 through BPL’s network of 60 neighborhood libraries serving communities throughout the borough. … Full Article

Lucy – the bewitching narrator of Julie Sarkissian’s debut novel “Dear Lucy” – has an unusual if sometimes eerie voice. … Full Article

Eve Ensler has devoted her life to enlightening the world about the female body—how to talk about it, how to protect and value it. Yet, she spent much of life disassociated from her own body, a disconnection brought on by her father’s sexual abuse and her mother’s remoteness. … Full Article

Brooklyn has long boasted a particularly literary crowd. From Walt Whitman and Norman Mailer to Paul Auster, Jennifer Egan and Jonathan Safran Foer, some of America’s most esteemed writers come from the borough. … Full Article

The modern blonde has a reputation. … Full Article