Two students in a writing workshop discover they’re sisters
As anyone who’s attended a creative writing class knows, there are five unspoken rules. Number one is to be honest (but not too honest.) Number two is the duration of… Read more »
Columbia J-School’s new dean greeted by new scandal
Earlier this week, the Columbia University School of Journalism announced a new dean: The distinguished investigative reporter Steve Coll. But the school’s outgoing dean, Nicholas Lemann, is curiously also in the… Read more »
Lorca’s “Poet in New York”: an exhibition, a festival, an all-out bonanza
For all those who love Lorca’s paen to the city, Poet In New York, the New York Public Library will soon be hosting an exhibition, “Back Tomorrow: Federico García Lorca… Read more »
Patton Oswalt on Derek Raymond, and other Melville International Crime news
“Holy s***” When asked in a recent GQ interview if he could recommend a good book, actor and comedian Patton Oswalt got our attention with this wonderful recommendation: “I’m also… Read more »