The Book as Sculpture
A timelapse video of the artist Mike Stilkey putting together the book installations of "Reminiscent," his solo show at the Hurley )( Space Gallery in Costa Mesa, California, this past summer.
A curated selection of videos, including book trailers, brief interviews, and other literary curiosities updated daily.
Howard Jacobson Wins the Man Booker Prize
British author Howard Jacobson, who has been described as the love child of Jane Austen and Philip Roth, won the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Finkler Question.
Marilyn Monroe's Fragments Published by FSG
This month, Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish Fragments, a book of recently discovered literary musings by Marilyn Monroe. In this clip, Monroe and playwright Arthur Miller announce their wedding in 1956.
Liu Xiaobo on Freedom of Expression in China
Chinese dissident writer and literary critic Liu Xiaobo, winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, talks about freedom of expression in China. This video was produced before Liu was sentenced to eleven years in a Chinese prison in December 2008.
Eileen Myles's Inferno (A Poet's Novel)
In this video for her new book, Inferno (A Poet's Novel), forthcoming from OR Books in November, poet Eileen Myles's talks about writing as a revolutionary impulse.
Literary Tattoos
Eva Talmadge and Justin Taylor discuss their new book, The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos From Bookworms Worldwide, which will be published next week by HarperPerennial.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Favored to Win the Nobel Prize
The Guardian reports that Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o has become a favorite for the Nobel Prize in literature, which will be announced later this week. In this Granta interview, the author discusses his early life and his latest book, Dreams in a Time of War: a Childhood Memoir, published this year.
Typeface: A Documentary
The Hamilton Museum of Wood Type, located in the small town of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, houses 1.5 million pieces of wood type. Justine Nagan, the director of the documentary film Typeface, which premiered earlier this year, visited the museum as part of her investigation into our culture's transition from analog to digital.
Jason Schwartzman Introduces the New Yorker's New iPad App
In this promotional video directed by Roman Coppola, actor Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, The Darjeeling Limited) introduces the New Yorker's new app for the iPad.
Granta's New Issue on Pakistan
The international lit mag Granta celebrates the publication of its new Pakistan Issue with a video interpretation.