September 17, 2014

The Maldives—official slogan, “the sunny side of life,” unofficial slogan, “our tax code could be written on a bar napkin and you’d still have space for four or five international… 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

So, what books were you guys buying before you got pepper sprayed?

Kirsten Reach

Where would you go if you wanted to irritate the eyes of dozens, if not hundreds, of cheap book lovers all at once? The Strand, it seems. Pepper spray went… Read more »

Slow Reading movement wants you to slooooow down, read better

Julia Fleischaker

In the tradition of slow design, slow food, slow living, and, sure, the slow loris, slow reading advocates would like you to stop doing everything so darn quickly. According to an… Read more »

Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own rewritten as Of One Woman or So

Zeljka Marosevic

An artist has rewritten Virginia Woolf’s essay A Room of One’s Own by rearranging all the words in the text to create a completely new piece of writing. Of One… Read more »

Oscar Pistorius’s manager denies claims of a tell-all

Last week, Olympic athlete and double amputee Oscar Pistorius was found not guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but guilty of culpable homicide and negligent handling of a… Read more »

Melville House Books

Tax haven very concerned about the moral turpitude of your poetry collection

Sal Robinson