May 05, 2014 » MobyLives! Archives

Lawsuit compares Bloomberg administration’s decision on NYPL Central Library Plan to a “fourth grade book report”

A lawsuit filed in the New York State Supreme Court by Citizens Defending Libraries is charging that Mayor Bloomberg’s administration merely “rubber-stamped” the New York Public Library’s application for the… Read more »

Libraries & librarians

University of Iowa president makes badly-timed joke, librarian calls him out — Chad Felix
Tolstoy’s great-great-granddaughter organizes four-day marathon reading of War and Peace — Ena Brdjanovic
French Booksellers Association releases reading list meant to shed light on Paris attacks — Kait Howard
Uproar over publication of Haruki Murakami's high school library records — Liam O'Brien

Amazon-screws-everyone-not-least-its-own-workforce link roundup!

Dustin Kurtz

Amazon mistreats its employees. It may not mistreat them worse than some employers. It may not mistreat all of them. Some of the mistreatment might be laid at the feet… Read more »

When poets attack

Sal Robinson

Yesterday was the last day of PEN World Voices, the international literature festival that brings legions of writers, translators, and other artists to New York every May. Which, apart from… Read more »

Medieval Torah sells for millions at auction

Nick Davies

A copy of the Torah dating back more than 500 years was sold at auction by Christie’s last week, going for several million dollars, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports (published… Read more »

Will Self: The novel is definitely dead this time

James McQuade

Writing for The Guardian, Will Self asserts the imminent marginalization of the novel in a piece called “The novel is dead (this time it’s for real).” “Here we go again,”… Read more »

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May 5, 2014