January 06, 2015 » MobyLives! Archives

Title: Jacob’s Room Author: Virginia Woolf First published: 1922 Page count: 212 First line: “So of course,” wrote Betty Flanders, pressing her heels rather deeper in the sand, “there was… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
Barnes & Noble takes penultimate step to exiting Queens — Liam O'Brien
Fifth employee connected to Hong Kong bookstore goes missing — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard

Borders Bookstore still exists, and it’s fighting Sharia law

Liam O'Brien

Ten years ago, Sin City had just hit theaters and Borders Bookstore was going strong. The muti-national book chain had just opened a 60,000 square foot franchise in Kuala Lumpur,… Read more »

Israel-omitting Middle East atlas to be pulped

Kirsten Reach

A subsidiary of HarperCollins omitted Israel from its atlas last week, causing an international outcry. This is strong evidence that mapmaking is a political act, one perhaps better left to… Read more »

Mark Zuckerberg’s (Face)book club

Nick Davies

Noted nerd and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced his New Years resolution on Friday, namely to read about two books a month through the end of the year. He had… Read more »

Melville House Books

January 6, 2015

The Art of the Novella challenge 8: Jacob’s Room

Jonathan Gibbs