March 22, 2013

Earlier this week, the Columbia University School of Journalism announced a new dean: The distinguished investigative reporter Steve Coll. But the school’s outgoing dean, Nicholas Lemann, is curiously also in the… Read more »

Authors

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard
Amazon picks up The Last Tycoon adaptation, casts Kelsey Grammer in lead — Liam O'Brien
Castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga denies eating his companion — Taylor Sperry

Persepolis controversy continues after Chicago Public Schools ban

Claire Kelley

It has been over a week since the Chicago Public School system made a move to restrict student access to Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s coming-of-age memoir which describes her childhood in… Read more »

Orwell Prize long list announced

Kirsten Reach

The long list for the Orwell Prize was announced yesterday afternoon. I suppose it goes without saying — though we’ve mentioned it before — that this prize is for writers… Read more »

Tweaking titles on Twitter

Wah-Ming Chang

My inbox is 97 percent full. My goal these days is to keep it from reaching 98 percent. Now and then I delete a slew of messages, sometimes entire folders,… Read more »

Regarding Mrs. Oscar Wilde

Abigail Grace Murdy

Watching Stephen Fry play Oscar Wilde is a treat I’ve put off far too long, evidently. Despite having read most of Wilde’s major work for either my own amusement or… Read more »

Melville House Books

Columbia J-School’s new dean greeted by new scandal

Kelly Burdick