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OSWEGO - Author and professor Lisa Tessman of Binghamton University will discuss “Setting Ourselves Up for Moral Failure” in this year’s Warren Steinkraus Lecture on Human Ideals, beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in Marano Campus Center auditorium, Room 132, at SUNY Oswego. Read More ⇒

FULTON - Writers, thinking about taking the next step? Read More ⇒

OSWEGO - From invasive social platforms to data breaches, daily headlines paint a cautionary tale of information on the internet, which is explored in depth in a new book, “Costs of Connection,” co-authored by Ulises Mejias of SUNY Oswego’s communication studies faculty and Nick Couldrey of … Read More ⇒

Taped to Ray Hansen’s clunky, 60-year-old Royal typewriter that he still uses to clang out dispatches are words of wisdom and of inspiration. Read More ⇒

The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit: Victorian Iconoclast, Children’s Author, and Creator of The Railway Children Read More ⇒

Our bodies are the best technology we’ve ever taken for granted, according to Bill Bryson’s 20th book, “The Body: A Guide for Occupants” ($30, Doubleday), which will be released Oct. 15. Having already covered topics such as nature, homes and linguistics, Bryson takes on life, death and ever… Read More ⇒

“Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters” Read More ⇒

Marlon James’s novel “Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” an epic fantasy about a bounty hunter on the trail of a mysterious boy, on Tuesday was named one of the five fiction finalists for the National Book Award. Read More ⇒

By Jane Leavy. (Harper Perennial, $18.99.) This detail-packed biography of the baseball legend recounts his eventful life and tracks the machinations behind his rise to an unprecedented kind of celebrity in the United States. Times reviewer John Swansburg said Leavy “captures Ruth’s outsize … Read More ⇒

Anniversaries can be distinctly bittersweet occasions, and even the most lavish family gathering or corporate spectacle never wholly dissipates a certain melancholy: Where have the years gone? How did I get so old? Is this all there is? Read More ⇒

The Giver of Stars Read More ⇒

MASSENA — If you have material that was due back to the Massena Public Library and you never got around to returning it, October is your lucky month. Read More ⇒

The first time I went to London, I asked a friend who lived there for bookstore recommendations. “Well,” he said with a pause, “that depends. What kind?” I was too embarrassed to admit I didn’t realize I had to specify. But given that I was in the center of the English-speaking literary worl… Read More ⇒

By Rebecca Traister. (Simon & Schuster, $17.) Traister spotlights the role of anger in female political activism, contending that women’s organized, patriotic fury about being denied basic rights often gets underplayed in public discussions. Times reviewer Elaine Blair called the book “r… Read More ⇒

The Clockwork Man Read More ⇒

OSWEGO - The Resurrection Readers book club is up and running for this year with a monthly selection of books to discuss. It will meet Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the Church of the Resurrection in Oswego to discuss the “Educated” by Tara Westover. Read More ⇒

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language Read More ⇒

Go ahead and clutch that pumpkin spice latte in one hand, but leave the other free for a book. This fall brings new titles from literary heavy-hitters, plus long-awaited sequels and spooky reads to get you in the mood for Halloween. Here are some to look forward to this season. Read More ⇒

Writer Greg Rucka will be the first to tell you: Lois Lane, the greatest reporter in the history of DC Comics, subscribes to the Washington Post. “Find me a good journalist who doesn’t actively pursue other good journalism,” he says. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO - A pediatrician who led the fight for clean-water justice in Flint, Mich., and award-winning author of “What the Eyes Don’t See,” Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at SUNY Oswego. Read More ⇒

By Carol Anderson. (Bloomsbury, $18.) Offering a history of disenfranchisement of African Americans and an analysis of how laws passed by Republican governors and legislators blocked minority voters in the 2016 election, Anderson argues that democracy is at stake. The Times’ Jennifer Szalai … Read More ⇒

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know Read More ⇒

As a journalist covering the spy beat, I’ve read my share of CIA memoirs and interviewed my share of CIA officers. But until I read advance, uncorrected proofs of “Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA” by Amaryllis Fox, I had never come across such granular detail about how they do thei… Read More ⇒

The World Doesn’t Require You Read More ⇒

The Institute Read More ⇒

“Akin” Read More ⇒

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Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession Read More ⇒

It’s not quite fall yet, but let’s just say the fall reading season has begun. Here are six promising new paperbacks. Read More ⇒

By Eric R. Kandel. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $17.) Bridging science and the humanities, Kandel, a Nobel laureate in medicine, offers a refreshingly holistic look at mental illness. Times reviewer Alan Jasanoff praised its blend of historical context, first-person accounts and description… Read More ⇒

The Assault on American Excellence Read More ⇒

OSWEGO - This fall’s Living Writers Series at SUNY Oswego will feature speakers who craft poetry, novels, graphic novels, short stories, songs, plays and screenplays -- and even exposed the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Read More ⇒

SAN FRANCISCO — In George Orwell’s “1984,” the classics of literature are rewritten into Newspeak, a revision and reduction of the language meant to make bad thoughts literally unthinkable. “It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words,” one true believer exults. Read More ⇒

By Nick Pyenson. (Penguin, $17.) This natural history of whales and their 50-million-year evolution also offers a vivid inside look at scientific passion in action. Pyenson, a curator of marine mammal fossils at the Smithsonian, conveys the thrill of the chase whether he’s hunting whale foss… Read More ⇒

“LIFE IN THE GARDEN” Read More ⇒

Crisis in the Red Zone:The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come Read More ⇒

You need to be able to read to be able to read. Especially if Toni Morrison did the writing. I at least thought I knew what it was for my eyes to sail across and down a page, through a flight of description or a feat of characterization. At 11, I thought I could read. Then I read her. My mot… Read More ⇒

By Megan Abbott. (Back Bay, $16.99.) Two scientists, high school friends who have become nemeses but work in the same lab, face off in this thriller. The twisty plot turns on the dark impulses lurking in female bonds and the lethal stress of a dysfunctional workplace. Times reviewer Ruth War… Read More ⇒

Just released this past November, Tug Hill: Shaping the Future of the Region is now available in many local establishments around the region. Read More ⇒

If you’re new to YouTube’s BookTube, a community of readers who make videos about books, get started with these 10 channels. Read More ⇒

To put a literary spin on an adage: If you read a book but don’t post about it on social media, did you really read it? Read More ⇒

Spin the Dawn Read More ⇒