Word bookstore, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is bridging the gap between books and basketball. If you can answer five simple questions (sample: Who wrote Ulysses?), you might join the store's summer basketball league. Talk on the bench will include jumpshots and the value of magical realism in post-narrative memoir. Bring your A-game.New Yorkers can still sign … Continue reading Trash Talk? I Think Not

These photos were taken at an warehouse near Bristol, England, last month. The books were abandoned by online dealer Bookbarn after its lease expired. The warehouse owner opened the doors to all comers, and the result was "like a swarm of locusts."Details are here.--David E

A broadcaster and agitator in Maine is producing a coloring book featuring leftist activists, including Noam Chomsky. If this project takes off, he's considering a comic book along similar lines. But, Chomsky purists, fear not. "No, I will not put him in a cape or any other get-up," said Leisner. "A blue workshirt and Levis … Continue reading Get Them While They’re Young