‘Mo Yan my ass,’ and other Nobel reactions: a round-up
Ellie Robins
The prize for the most ungracious response to Mo Yan’s Nobel win goes to… Read more »
Faster delivery, same crappy ethics
Dustin Kurtz
Walmart is ramping up their war against Amazon. The battlefield this time around: same-day shipping. As reported in the Times and the Wall Street Journal, Tuesday Walmart announced that they’re… Read more »
Adobe Books in San Fransisco attempts to save itself by becoming a collective
Claire Kelley
Back in August, Shelf Awareness mentioned that Adobe Books in San Francisco was closing. The post linked to this run-down of the bay area’s best bookstores on the Bold Italic… Read more »
I just heard about that—yesterday
Dan O'Connor
What’s the word for that experience of suddenly seeing — a word, a name — everywhere — that you never knew before yesterday? Never mind. I looked it up. It’s… Read more »
“Lawd in heav’n, if this my chile I slap her upside the head!”
Kevin Murphy
Your favorite satirical newspaper, The Onion, is running a pretty hilarious advice column called “Ask An Elderly Black Woman As Depicted By A Sophomore Creative Writing Major,” written by one… Read more »
