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Day in Review

Winston Churchill gets digitized Are we too busy to read Ulysses? Bad book cover art The Huffington Post’s rapid build-out Margaret Atwood is not available for blurbing Talking with RichardRead more »

Day in Review

On the evolution of religion $150,000 earmarked for publishers sits unclaimed GIRLS inspires divisive, sophisticated chatter No room for stay-at-home Dads in children’s literature Literature’s most tyrannical estate Elements ofRead more »

Day in Review

Student loans got you down? Move to Kansas NYC’s memorial service for Maurice Sendak NBA finals poses challenge for copy editors The newest salvos in the Mommy Wars The bestRead more »

Day in Review

The short story is not a test run for the novel Dave Tomkins remembers Ray Bradbury and the end of the world Alan Furst’s historical fiction UVA President abruptly resignsRead more »

Day in Review

The physics behind making a novel Eating library paste will kill you Simon Winchester’s mother tongue Lehrer’s creative interpretation of Dylan’s creativity An omnipotent man does not write sex wellRead more »

Day in Review

2012’s Commonwealth Short-Story Prize winners How do employers really feel about social media? An extra hour of David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet” James Brown felt good about his egomania Revolutionizing theRead more »

Day in Review

Obama’s To-Do List 10 steps to screenplay writing failure New York Review of Books to launch ebook line Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter co-write book  Look at all these tote bags!Read more »

Day in Review

Non-white authors published in the NYTimes Pervy cartoonists as cultural icons Need a job? NASA needs a librarian The fever of inspiration Bradbury wouldn’t have made it today as aRead more »

Day in Review

Unseen Kafka papers live with an Israeli cat lady, allegedly Philip Levine: ethicist  The “thinginess” of books This library has it all, literally There’s something different about Donald Antrim LorrieRead more »

Day in Review

Nook War and Peace e-book changes every “kindle” to “Nook” Poet Ed Skoog on the recent Seattle shootings Reevaluating Hemingway’s prose Culture’s role in the economy of life Teju Cole’sRead more »

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