December 09, 2015 » MobyLives! Archives

PEN International has called (once again) for the Chinese government to release poet and human rights advocate Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced in 2008 to eleven years in prison for “inciting subversion… Read more »

Awards and ceremonies

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
Siren İdemen wins inaugural Talât Sait Halman Translation Prize — Chad Felix
Morrissey committed the worst writely sin---now, he's won the Bad Sex in Fiction award — Ena Brdjanovic

After Trump proposes ban on Muslims, #Voldetrump hits twitter

Taylor Sperry

In case you missed it, earlier this week Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called to ban all Muslims from entering the United States. The proposal is not only totally illegal,… Read more »

UConn bookstore fights university’s call for chain to replace it

Simon Reichley

The University of Connecticut’s co-operative book store has put its dukes up after the university signaled that it’s considering replacing the venerable co-op with a privately run retailer. According to Shelf-Awareness, the… Read more »

Notorious art forger claims ‘‘La Bella Principessa’’ as his own

Kait Howard

Controversy has been compounded with more controversy in the story of a drawing thought by some to be a lost work by Leonardo da Vinci. La Bella Principessa features an aristocratic… Read more »

The 100 best British novels, as chosen by international critics

Zeljka Marosevic

In this season of “Best of” lists, BBC Culture has outdone everyone. Rather than produce a list of the best books of the year, BBC has compiled a list of… Read more »

Melville House Books

December 9, 2015

PEN urges Chinese government to free dissident poets Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia

Chad Felix