Barnes & Noble is an iconic bookstore to many of us, with the dark wood paneling, beige wallpaper adorned with vine patterns, deep green accents, artwork of ...

With the debut reading of my novel taking place in Montclair, NJ, I found myself exploring the town as I put some posters up (I'll share my exciting news abo...

"'Oh, these Denver doldrums!' yelled Carlo to the sky." - Jack Kerouac, On the Road Now wasn't the time for you to be traversing unknown western locales. You...

In July 2016, we stayed in the dorms at the University of Minnesota for a journalism conference. It's a beautiful campus in Minneapolis nestled along the Mis...

This blog makes it clear that I'm really into bookstores, and I've been to bookstores throughout North America and even parts of Europe. So I thought I'd sha...

The American Writers' Museum's First Exhibit Features the legendary scroll manuscript of Kerouac's classic American novel. I first read On the Road by Jack K...

Literary Tour of Chicago "The first museum of its kind in the nation!" From what I've read about the origins of the new American Writers Museum in Chicago, t...

Seattle is my kind of town—you can't go two blocks without stumbling upon a cool café or bookstore. And sometimes you think you found a bookstore, but it's ...

A mysterious scroll arrived one St. Patrick's Day. I unfurled it to see this: My wife was taking me on The Great New York City Bookstore Tour, having hand-s...

Dialogue on Freedom of Expression at PEN World Voices Festival Salmon Rushdie sat down with his friend and colleague Timothy Garton Ash for a conversation ab...

George R. R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, made an appearance at the Barnes & Noble in New York City's Union Square on July 14th to su...