According to Gothamist there is a new artisanal pencil shop now open on the Lower East Side. Of course there would be. I never cease to be amazed at the lengths people go to find things… Read more »

Hachette Book Group is selling three titles directly through its authors’ Twitter accounts. The trial run includes three authors with substantial fan bases: astronaut Chris Hadfield, singer Amanda Palmer, and,… Read more »

US currency is decidedly unliterary compared to its international counterparts: no Jane Austen, air-brushed or not; no Alice Munro, weighing down your pocket on a $5 coin; no Gabriela Mistral… Read more »

Normally, we scoff at book awards. They’re silly in concept (who’s to say what constitutes the best novel?) and corrupt in delivery (big house judges picking big house books) but,… Read more »

There are some pretty weird books out there (I don’t know if you’ve seen this one about How To Sharpen Pencils? or this other one where a famous Oulipian tells… Read more »

The People’s Bailout raised enough money to abolish 5 million dollars worth of medical debt… Read more »

This Thursday, Strike Debt, the group that formed out of Occupy Wall Street will host a sold-out music and comedy event they are calling “The People’s Bailout” as part of… Read more »

Melville House presents a 30-second TV spot for David Rees’ How to Sharpen Pencils.… Read more »

We’re getting to this kind of late, but there’s shocking news coming in via Twitter: right-wing cartoonist and artisanal pencil sharpener David Rees has confessed that he has served as CEO… Read more »

Dum dum dum, just another day in another boring work week, right? WRONG! This week is big, people. Very big. This is the week David Rees, the world’s foremost pencil… Read more »