“Soccer is popular because stupidity is popular.” Jorge Luis Borges was not a fan of the beautiful game.
The world is in the midst of a love affair with soccer that happens every four years. Everybody loves Messi! Dempsey is a national hero! Suarez is biting people again!… Read more »
SLIDESHOW: Self portraits by famous authors
If you were Flannery O’Connor, wouldn’t you paint a friendly fowl under your arm? If you were Hunter S. Thompson, wouldn’t you take a couple of selfies in your favorite… Read more »
Mrs. Vickers and the case of the vanishing manuscript
When diabetes took her vision away, Dorset native Trish Vickers took to poetry to bring order to her suddenly chaotic life. In time, Mrs. Vickers found that the pen suited… Read more »
Melville House Recycling: What Bolaño Read
This is the tenth installment in the two-week series “What Bolaño Read” by former Shaman Drum Bookstore manager Tom McCartan. The series celebrates the publication of Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview… Read more »
SLIDE SHOW: Holiday Wish List: First Editions
Two years ago, Carolyn Kellogg at Jacket Copy wrote about a few pricey holiday gifts that bibliophiles will swoon over, such as a first edition of Ulysses published in 1922… 3 / Read more »