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Hawk-eyed media watchers have made a habit of exposing online edits that dramatically change the tone of a story. The Politico article on General Stanley McChrystal being a much-cited example. Now, Craig… Read more »

Edward Albee’s Catalan translator Joan Sellent has published a revealing open letter to the playwright. You can read it here (scroll down for the English). On Sellent’s completion of the translation of A… 11 / Read more »

Publishers Johnny Temple of Akashic and Melville House’s own Dennis Johnson were interviewed by C-Span’s Book TV at the industry convention Book Expo America two weeks ago in New York… 1 / Read more »

For fans of novelist Joseph Heller, a library at the University of South Carolina’s campus at Columbia is the place to go for Heller’s work and memorabilia. According to an Associated… Read more »

Deciphering hieroglyphics Don’t forget Vargas Llosa punched the hell out of Garcia Marquez The human attention span crumbling like a Roman aqueduct  Bismark’s brutal honesty Cultivating the leisure class Tom Bissell… Read more »