February 18, 2014

Incensed reaction is mounting in the wake of Penguin Books India’s decision to recall and pulp copies of The Hindus: An Alternative History by University of Chicago Divinity School professor… Read more »

Censorship

Chinese translation of Indian poet draws criticism from state and scholars alike — Chad Felix
Egypt continues crackdown on novelist Alaa Al Aswany — Ena Brdjanovic
Has anyone in the White House read the Senate Torture Report? — Mark Krotov
Tea Party chair calls for UN fund-raising book by Kermit the Frog to be banned — Taylor Sperry

Do book awards bring out our inner hipsters?

Amy Conchie

There’s been much discussion of literary snobbery in the wake of Eleanor Catton’s essay for New Zealand’s Metro magazine, in which she peruses reviews of literary classics on Goodreads and… Read more »

J.K. Rowling dips her toes in the mid-list, decides to keep splashing around

Kirsten Reach

The sequel to The Cuckoo’s Calling, titled The Silkworm, will be published by Little, Brown this summer (June 19 in the States and June 24 in the UK), according to… Read more »

Olympic Poetry at the Wall Street Journal

Julia Fleischaker

Perhaps you think that the amazing feats of Winter Olympians—the ski jumpers, figure skaters and bobsledders—are poetry in motion. Kwame Dawes would agree with you. At the Speakeasy blog of… Read more »

Henry Winkler visits Chicago schools for book talks

Nick Davies

Actor Henry Winkler spent his Valentine’s Day visiting Chicago-area schools to read from his popular children’s books and talk about literacy, Stephanie K. Baer reports for the Chicago Tribune. Along… Read more »

Melville House Books

Furor continues over Penguin India’s to-be-pulped history book

Dustin Kurtz