March 10, 2014

Last week, Evan Kindley published an examination of the Amtrak Writers Residency (a topic we covered a couple weeks ago) on n + 1. In his article, Kindley looks at 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

What would you most like from Elmore Leonard’s estate sale?

Sal Robinson

On Thursday of last week, the contents of Elmore Leonard’s home in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills went up for sale. Fans came out in droves to buy Leonard’s… Read more »

They bulldozed this bookstore to put up a parking lot but people are celebrating

Why aren’t we mourning this abrupt bookstore closure in Indiana? It’s such a tired trope: all bookstores are doomed. No matter that many indie stores across America had record-breaking years… Read more »

Librarian Q&A: The Los Angeles Public Library

Claire Kelley

The Los Angeles Public Library traces its origin to 1844, when it was started from donated books from citizens when Los Angeles was a town of only about 1,500 people. Librarians… Read more »

Finland leans into stereotype, puts sauna in library

Nick Davies

Just as every museum in France should have wine & cheese stations, and every town hall in Japan should hold sumo wrestling matches, the rules of The One Stereotype We Know… Read more »

Melville House Books

Amtrak’s now accepting applications for its new Writer’s Residency… but it’s asking a lot

Emma Aylor