Melville House Books

This is an occasional series by Jean-Christophe Valtat, author of Aurorarama, which releases on May 1st from Melville House. Aurorarama is the first installment in Valtat’s The Mysteries of New… Read more »

Film aficionados who want the movie experience to be as complete as possible–and who aren’t satisfied with DVDs featuring directors’ cuts, extended scenes, and commentary–will be happy to hear that Warner Brothers… Read more »

Noam Chomsky on OWS Harvard’s digital library tests Google Praising the NYC library renovation The afterlife of a poet Publishing explained, using Star Wars figures Banned from the Tehran book… Read more »

Today, mom died. Or maybe yesterday, I do not know. I received a telegram from the Asylum: Mother died. Funeral tomorrow. Distinguished sentiments. This does not mean anything. It might be yesterday. That’s Google Translate’s take on the famous opening passage of L’Etranger, elsewhere translated… Read more »