Sit back, relax, and enjoy your mechanical book reader
Old ideas are new again. Is that a real saying? Don’t think so, but it seems right in this case, in which we witness what very well may have been… Read more »
Obama’s poet
Richard Blanco, a poet from Miami who was raised by Cuban parents, has been selected by the Obama camp to be this year’s inauguration poet. Blanco is the youngest (44),… Read more »
Obscure pleasures
The Atlantic ran a story on its blog earlier this week about the many emotions for which English does not have words. Some examples include the euphoria first experienced upon falling… Read more »
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
Belarus, 2011. People in Minsk’s Oktyabr Square are protesting Alyaksandr Lukashenko, the country’s authoritarian president. Lukashenko has ruled Belarus for nearly twenty years. His oppression is notorious — human rights violations;… Read more »
Is this the world’s “most awesome library”?
That depends on whether you’re the type of person who agrees that bionic librarians, chaise lounges and the ability to converse at an above-whisper volume is preferable to the hushed,… Read more »
Smoking pot in our undies while fighting the bad guys to the death: A year in reading from MobyLives!
Melville House is closed for the holiday season. Thanks to all of our readers for so much enthusiasm and feedback… Read more »
Magazine and newspaper apps proliferate, but risks still loom
It still remains to be seen whether readers will warm to the idea of paying for digital content… Read more »
Using the Web to get away from the Web
Many of us have experienced times of burnout — times when a pounding temple, stiff neck, and hyper-caffeinated soul lash back and say enough, get off the machine and go… Read more »
12 Christmas stories that don’t suck
— The Turkey Season by Alice Munro When I was fourteen I got a job at the Turkey Barn for the Christmas season. I was still too young to get… Read more »
Mark Twain’s “Letter from Santa Claus”
Mark Twain, famous man of letters, wit, white suit and cigar smoke, whose whiskered face will soon adorn commemorative coins, was also a loving father, and his daughter Susy often benefited… Read more »