Reviews
Celeste Ng delivers again with new dystopian novel
Celeste Ng is back with her boldest novel yet. After the success of “Everything I Never Told You” and “Little Fires Everywhere,” the #1 New York Times bestselling author has created a...
Books
Jennette McCurdy debuts novel "I'm Glad My Mom Died"
Jennette McCurdy’s titular authorial debut “I’m Glad My Mom Died” has been the center of literary discussion since before its publication early last month. And with a title like that, how could...
Listicle
Batman comics to read in preparation for new movie viewing
He’s gone by many names — the Dark Knight, the Caped Crusader, the World’s Greatest Detective and more — but Batman is one of the most popular and well-known fictional characters of...
Features
Riot Act opens in Binghamton, offers an alternative to mainstream bookstores
A local Binghamton organization recently opened a bookstore called Riot Act, located at the Carriage House Annex at the Bundy Museum of History and Art on 129 Main St. The bookstore was...
Books
Professor and author discusses new novel
In “Copperhead,” author Alexi Zentner, the son of two staunch progressive activists, sets out to ask, “What would my life have been like if I’d been raised with a different lodestar?” Zentner,...
Books
Celebrate NaNoWriMo with local resources
Every November, writers across the globe take part in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. This internet-based project urges authors to write a 50,000-word novel in just one month, starting Nov. 1...
Books
Author Julie Kagawa combines fantasy with folklore in 'Shadow of the Fox'
Bookworms seeking refuge in new fantasy and mythology-based reads, take heart: Author Julie Kagawa has recently published a new book titled “Shadow of the Fox,” and it takes its readers on an...
Books
Loving man's best friend in "The Friend"
Nothing bad happens to the dog. Despite anxieties expressed by the anonymous narrator, the dog is still alive by the end of “The Friend,” Sigrid Nunez’s seventh novel. The book will be...
Books
Books for Bing turns a new page for the community
If you ever stumble upon a colorfully wrapped book in the Southern Tier, don’t just disregard the discovery as someone’s lost property. Chances are that the book was placed there strategically for...
Books
Pipe Dream’s winter reading list
Are you spending all of your downtime this break watching Netflix? Check out Pipe Dream’s winter reading list for when you inevitably get sick of that routine. “The Sun and Her Flowers”...