January 09, 2013 » MobyLives! Archives

Turns out research libraries are collecting all kinds of things these days… Read more »

University of Iowa president makes badly-timed joke, librarian calls him out — Chad Felix
Tolstoy’s great-great-granddaughter organizes four-day marathon reading of War and Peace — Ena Brdjanovic
French Booksellers Association releases reading list meant to shed light on Paris attacks — Kait Howard
Uproar over publication of Haruki Murakami's high school library records — Liam O'Brien

British government launching Poetry by Heart program

Nick Davies

The British Department of Education is funding a new program called Poetry by Heart, an initiative to encourage students to memorize a wide range of poems, from works by 14th-century… Read more »

More people than ever using New York’s public libraries

Start spreading the news: use of New York City’s libraries has increased dramatically in the past decade. A study conducted by the Center for an Urban Future and published yesterday found… Read more »

The top ten words for fraud

Ariel Bogle

The language of corporate fraud turns out to be surprisingly universal. According to Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing, the top ten words in email conversations that indicate corporate fraud is… Read more »

Word Up reaches its goal

Claire Kelley

While 2013 began with ominous closings, one bookstore real estate success is the campaign of Word Up, a Washington Heights bookstore and community space that achieved their January 1st goal… Read more »

Melville House Books

January 9, 2013

Timothy Leary’s Nintendo Power Glove and Isaac Bashevis Singer’s old socks

Sal Robinson