April 01, 2013 » MobyLives! Archives

Today is April Fools’ Day, so for the next 24 hours, be careful out there on the Internet. Every story you see should be read carefully, every headline cause for… Read more »

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The Guardian recommends Desperate Literature, a new English bookstore in Madrid — Claire Kelley
Forty years later: the book jacket for "Jaws" — Kirsten Reach
NYPL releases the weirdest reference questions from the 1940s-1980s — Kirsten Reach
The world's foremost pizza expert offers a tour of New York City's best pizzerias — Claire Kelley

Amazon defends ad’s use of “c-word” as “light-hearted”

Alex Shephard

Just over 10 days ago, Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority banned a posting from the retailer “Smellyourmum.com” on Amazon.co.uk that promoted a Christmas card that read, “You’re a cunt. Sorry, I… Read more »

France unveils a dramatic new plan to bolster booksellers

Dustin Kurtz

Gather round, bookmongers, and let me tell you of the promised land. ‘Cross heaving seas and treacherous shoals there lies a land of plenty, a fruitful land, where books may… Read more »

The history of gay rights according to magazine covers

Christopher King

Media coverage of the ongoing fight for gay rights reached a fever pitch last week as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases which will determine the future… Read more »

New Fitzgerald poems come to light

Sal Robinson

Tomorrow, the autograph and memorabilia dealer Nate D. Sanders will be selling at auction a most unusual piece of F. Scott Fitzgerald-iana: two handwritten poems, composed for the first and… Read more »

Melville House Books

April 1, 2013

Seven pranks and tricks from classic literature

Nick Davies