McSweeney’s to become a nonprofit publisher
McSweeney’s, the sixteen year-old publishing company in San Francisco, is filing for nonprofit status, according to an announcement on its webpage this week. At Melville House, we know as well… Read more »
Poem that made fun of generic brand videos becomes a generic brand video
Last month, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency published a poem by Kendra Eash entitled “This is a generic brand video” which poked fun at the stock language and footage that is often used… Read more »
Poetry magazine expands definition of children’s literature, publishes Lemony Snicket and John Ashbery
The September issue of Poetry devotes twenty-odd pages to a portfolio it calls “Poetry Not Written for Children That Children Might Nevertheless Enjoy.” The section, edited and introduced by Lemony Snicket (who,… Read more »
The fascist octopus has sung its swan song
What frequently used metaphors make you shudder, dear readers? As George Orwell writes in his oft-quoted essay, “Politics and the English Language”: “The sole aim of a metaphor is to… Read more »