Melville House Books

Just when you thought the “L” train commute couldn’t get any worse—with all those attractive, excruciatingly hip young people—along comes an author, with a megaphone, reading from his second novel.… Read more »

An article in business magazine Portfolio notes that “Though never exactly shy, Ann Coulter has been especially noisy in her self-promotion [of a new book] lately” and asks: “Could it… Read more »

While there are several male Israeli novelists who have earned a readership in the US — such as David Grossman, Etgar Karet, and Amos Oz — few if any Israeli… 2 / Read more »

The French rag Télérama took a survey of 100 French writers, asking them what their ten favorite books were. And guess who won the race, mains down? Mais, Marcel Proust… 4 / Read more »

So the reviewing system on Amazon has supposedly been fixed — the cowardly can still file anonymous reviews, but morons with a grudge can’t file multiple reviews anymore, and grudge… Read more »