Melville House Books

On Friday, guest host of NPR’s On the Media Mike Pesca posed a great question in a fascinating piece on conventional wisdom. “Just who or what is coming up with… Read more »

Downsizing publishers, shrinking markets, fewer reviews, disappearing retailers — the Boston Globe’s Alex Beam takes note, in his newest column, of yet another rapidly developing problem facing authors: Class action… Read more »

What a town, New Orleans. And what a group, librarians. One of the stories we heard again and again from cab drivers and people working in the hospitality industry was… Read more »

At The Millions Lydia Kiesling has written an article that expresses displeasure with the current cultural fondness for acts of curation. To “curate,” she writes, a verb formerly evoking museums… Read more »

Neil Postman once noted the insanity of a country that uses its days of remembrance and patriotism to sell refrigerators. It’s a tradition that’s honorably mocked by AK Press, which… Read more »