A newly discovered cache of letters discovered in an Israeli archive describe the loneliness and despair of German author Hans Fallada during the Nazi era. During this time, Fallada’s writings were censored,… 4 / Read more »
A cache of books from Thomas Jefferson’s collection, languishing in obscurity in the rare books collection at Washington University in St. Louis, has just been discovered. An Associated Press report… Read more »
“Why don’t we have a museum that honors the great writing and the great writers in America?” That’s the question posed by Malcolm O’Hagan, a retired president and chief executive… Read more »
Lars Iyer, the author of our new novel Spurious, recently sent us a handy reader’s guide to his book. As way of introduction, he wrote: I hope Spurious can be… Read more »
If you haven’t seen it already, GalleyCat pointed out this web tool that lets you find The New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers from your birthday. I was curious… 2 / Read more »
What’s to be made? What should be saved? When’s all said and done, these are the only questions that define a culture. As was reported earlier this year, The Library… Read more »
Today is the birthday of author, historian and “father of science fiction,” H.G. Wells. Born this day in Bromley, England in 1866. Wells’s many titles include: The Invisible Man, The… Read more »
Adam Kirsch’s review of Tom McCarthy’s C in Slate (“Tom McCarthy’s C shows the future of fiction”) claims that “Tom McCarthy is a writer of destiny…but the destiny he represents… 6 / Read more »
Yesterday, Google UK honored the 120th birthday of Agatha Christie with an elaborate Google Doodle featuring a crime scene, a murdered “O,” and all the necessary clues to solve the… Read more »
For someone of a certain generation — say, that of Bret Easton Ellis — it’s a little hard to understand: The rise in influence of Bret Easton Ellis. Take Ellis’… 2 / Read more »