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Eloise at 55
Illustrator Hilary Knight is being honored by the New York Public Library tonight. He speaks to Rachel Syme about Kay Thompson, the lost Eloise book, and her new movie. VIEW OUR GALLERY
Oliver Sacks on Hallucinations
In an interview backstage this week at one of the New York Public Library's LIVE events, neurologist Oliver Sacks tells Paul HoldengrA¤ber why hallucinations aren't always a bad thing. NYPL
The Death of Boom Culture?
As part of a live series at the New York Public Library, authors Walter Benn Michaels, David Simon, Susan Straight and Dale Peck discuss fiction in the age of inequality. Full video here.
Jennifer Aniston's $50K Hairstyle vs. Librarian Pensions
So it's come to this: New York paparazzi are chasing down elderly librarians-and turning them into scapegoats for our collective recession rage. Barbara Goldsmith on how our society rewards the wrong heroes.
An Autopsy of the Book Business
Roll over, Gutenberg! Publishing legend Jason Epstein says the only way to save the book industry is to get rid of all the books.
Behind the Brooke Astor Affair
New York high society has reasserted itself in the tawdry battle for Astor's millions.

















