January 31, 2014

Corporate America has long distinguished itself at humiliating employees in the beginning, middle, and end of their employment. For instance, would you like to pee or drink water? Oh, you fussy thing,… Read more »

Media

Marco Rubio’s An American Son is a memoir, but is it also an ethics violation? — Mark Krotov
Uproar over publication of Haruki Murakami's high school library records — Liam O'Brien
FSG publishing anonymously authored Silicon Valley satire---all 18 pages of it — Ena Brdjanovic
Are financial scammers really turning to Neil Strauss' The Game for guidance? — Liam O'Brien

Examining the philosophical implications of the latest celebrity news

Christopher King

If you are a human being with eyes and ears, and perhaps an Internet connection, you have probably heard about some of this week’s celebrity gossip: Justin Bieber was arrested,… Read more »

You do not need to spend $750 to bring an author to your book club

Kirsten Reach

Alexandra Styron and a handful of other famous writers are meeting with book clubs, and The New York Times is on it. They reported that Book the Writer gives about… Read more »

Two new poems by Sappho discovered on an ancient scrap of papyrus

Julia Fleischaker

Two new works by the Greek poet Sappho have been discovered on an ancient piece of papyrus. James Romm writes at The Daily Beast that the poems were discovered when the anonymous… Read more »

Melville House at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference

Claire Kelley

A little snow couldn’t damper the spirits of librarians and Melville House staff who attended the American Library Association Midwinter conference in Philadelphia last weekend. If you were there, you… Read more »

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How low can you go: Patch.com lays off hundreds of journalists with a conference call

Sal Robinson