The 11th installment of One Great Reader features Seb Emina, editor of the inspired collaboration between Fantastic Man and Penguin Classics called The Happy Reader. He's also an expert on breakfast, which is a very happy pairing as well. Click to read more...

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Number ten in our ongoing series of bookish back & forths with Wes Del Val brings us gratefully to Penny Martin, the charming & brilliant editor of the equally charming & brilliant magazine The Gentlewoman. Click for more...

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The latest installation of our book-conversation series brings us into the orbit of acclaimed jazz musician William Parker. Poetry, history and music all inform Parker's wide-ranging and open-hearted approach. Click for more...

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This week's installment of One Great Reader features W. David Marx, an American writer living in Japan whose work focuses on culture and style. Books, bookstores, fashion, Tokyo, dead professors, and even The Monkees make an appearance in this weeks conversation with Wes Del Val. Click to read more...

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Martin Filler, a major voice of architecture criticism for over 5 decades, joins Wes Del Val for the seventh installment of One Great Reader. Our most in-depth conversation yet. Click for more...

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The sixth in our series of book-related interviews led by Wes Del Val features a sparkling conversation with New York magazine's literary critic, Molly Young. Here she introduces us to a semi-secret public library in New York, her list of the worst bestsellers, and the word "ensorcelling". Click for more...

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The fifth in our ongoing series of conversations about the reading life by publishing veteran Wes Del Val. In this installment, Wes digs into book conditions, reading positions, and classics better left unread until later in life with London-based fashion journalist Charlie Porter. Click for more...

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The fourth in our ongoing presentation of great readers answering great questions put to them by publishing veteran Wes Del Val. In this interview, Wes finds out about  the book-packed home of international fashion director/stylist Camille Bidault-Waddington. Click for more...

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The third installment of Wes Del Val's excellent interview series on books & reading, hosted by Book/Shop. This time Wes interviews author Luc Sante, a vivid chronicler of the rough edges of society & the characters who thrive there. Click to read more...

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The second in a new interview series by Wes Del Val. Here Wes talks to contemporary art-world interviewer, Jarrett Earnest, about books, art critics, and interviewing itself. Click for more...

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