Along with a flurry of publications commemorating the fifty-year anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s death, Faber & Faber has released a collection of the poet’s drawings edited by her daughter, Frieda… Read more »

Yesterday it was announced that the artist formerly known as Sam Taylor-Wood, who now goes by her married name of Sam Johnson Wood (more on that later) will direct the… Read more »

A car bomb set off on March 5, 2007 in Iraq killed thirty, wounded 100, and hit the center for bookselling and cultural exchange in Baghdad. This was a major… Read more »

Bibliophiles might find it painful to see books cut apart and rendered unreadable, but what if it’s for the sake of art? Design blog Colossal has posted a series of photos… Read more »

Whenever I’m tempted to say that something about our contemporary lives is radical or new, I’m reminded of the scene in No Country For Old Men where the retired, crippled… 10 / Read more »

We’ve been wondering… who are you? The readers of MobyLives, we mean. Our theories are: 1. You are publishing industry wonks who like our hard-hitting exposes and clever commentary on… 2 / Read more »