Elisa Shoenberger

2 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Elisa Shoenberger

Sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of King of AshesAward-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with King of Ashes, a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama. We’ve all heard of epic stories with heroes battling for honor and duty in sprawling stories, including the Odyssey, the Ramayana, and Game of Thrones. More recently, we’ve seen an expansion of the term epic to include epic crime, including films like The Godfather and Goodfellas.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Elisa Shoenberger

22 hours ago'Dept. Q' season two will take on another gruesome murder. Dept. Q may have pieced together the puzzle of the disappearance of Merritt Lingard (Chloe Pirrie), but fans of the series are desperate for the show to be greenlit for a second season. The nine-episode series, which debuted on the platform …

2 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Elisa Shoenberger

I love reading about the history of food. It feels like the best of history by bringing together social, political, cultural, and economic histories into one story. It’s fascinating to see how common, everyday items like tea or vanilla were once rarities and only available to the ultra-rich. Or also seen as dangerous substances that could lead people astray.

4 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Elisa Shoenberger

Hyperion AvenueTwo New York artists, Anna and Willow, share a tumultuous friendship that unravels when Willow goes missing, and Anna fears she may be to blame. Once a muse and collaborator, Willow’s cruelty has become undeniable. To reclaim control, Anna stages a mugging, hoping it’ll force Willow to confront her true self. But on September 11, 2001, Willow disappears, and Anna’s guilt grows as the city changes.

1 month ago | art.newcity.com | Elisa Shoenberger

It sounds like it could be a folk song itself: a Scottish folk singer gives up music to dedicate his life to botanical art. But instead of a song, that’s the life story of Rory McEwen. Born in 1932 in Scotland, Rory McEwen found success as a folk musician in the 1950s-1960s, recording “Scottish Songs and Ballads” with his brother Alex for the Smithsonian Folkways in 1957 and even hosted his own folk-music television show “Hullabaloo” in the 1960s.