Strident, whining, ignorant morons: Mary Beard on the female voice in the public realm
We reported last summer on the torrent of online abuse classicist and Cambridge don Mary Beard encountered after appearing on the British program Question Time, and how she responded: by… Read more »
James Patterson hands over the money
Back in September the sensationally successful, bestselling author James Patterson pledged $1 million of his personal wealth to independent bookshops across America (we covered the story here). Yesterday, Patterson announced… Read more »
Kanye West and Bret Easton Ellis are working on a movie and it is going to be great (if it actually happens, which it probably won’t)
Kanye West, a talented narcissist, and Bret Easton Ellis, a less talented narcissist, are currently working on a film together, according to Ellis, who is not a genius, like Kanye… Read more »
Storytime with Dear Leader: children’s books from North Korea
If you tried to imagine what a children’s book written by a ruthless dictator sounds like, would it be something like this? “At last the left cyst burst, emitting fierce… Read more »
Librarian Q&A: San Diego County Library
On a trip up the West Coast from the Freshman Year Experience Conference in San Diego to the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Seattle, I’ve been stopping… Read more »
The rise of the literary anti-heroine
A bevy of recent books feature female main characters who avoid falling into the role of caregiver or even quirky love interest. Instead, Sarah Hughes has noticed a new cultural… Read more »
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