Books

September 4, 2025

Bestselling Author James Patterson Awards $500,000 in Grants To Emerging Writers

Even the greatest of writers struggle with their craft. “I have rewritten—often several times—every word I have ever published,” Vladimir Nabokov wrote in his 1966 memoir Speak, Memory. “My pencils outlast their erasers.” To write, and to ultimately finish, a book is a daunting task, sometimes requiring years and even decades of rethinking, editing, and fine tuning.

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August 26, 2025

Playful Children’s Book Serves as Early Tool for Detecting Color Blindness

It’s estimated that there are about 300 million people with color blindness around the world. Despite the significant population with the condition, it can be difficult—and costly—to diagnose, especially in young children. But Navneet Education, one of India’s largest schoolbook publishers, may have found a solution that doesn’t break the bank. Published earlier this spring, Navneet’s Color Blindness Detection Book serves as a cost-free and discreet resource to screen for color vision deficiencies in children.

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August 8, 2025

New Antony Gormley Monograph Explores His Relationship With the Body and Urbanism

For sculptor Antony Gormley, the question isn’t about how a body adapts to a built environment, but rather about how to build a body in the first place. Across his decades-long career, the British artist has considered that fundamental question from various angles, most prominently through his chosen materials. His portfolio is packed with sculptures rendered in clay and iron, many bearing traces of the human form without being completely figurative.

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August 3, 2025

Discover One of the World’s First Novels From 1,000 Years Ago

Many consider the Kish Tablet from Sumer to be the world’s oldest written text, dating back 5,500 years to the Uruk period (c. 3500–3200 BCE). It goes without saying that the written form has dramatically evolved since its proto-cuneiform origins, transforming into verse poems, epics, fables, and much more. Novels as we know them, however, only arrived later, wholly unique given their considerable length, fictional narratives, and use of prose rather than verse.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.