There was the Internet bubble, the housing bubble, and now, maybe, the rare book bubble. Amelia Murray reports for The Telegraph that the value of rare, first edition books has… Read more »

I watched the 50 Shades of Grey film on Wednesday evening, which sounds like a confession but is merely a statement of fact. It felt like the most natural conclusion… Read more »

Ahh September. In his ode “To Autumn”, John Keats wrote of a season full of “mists and mellow fruitfulness”, a sleepy, gently passing of time after summer’s energy. Keats, clearly,… Read more »

In 2000, via campus mail, I received an invitation to attend a party to celebrate Chinua Achebe’s 70th birthday. I was a student in his “Modern African Fiction” class at… Read more »

The folks over at Buzzfeed are always good for a fun photo set, and on Friday they posted one that will appeal to book nerds and street art enthusiasts alike.… Read more »

In England, where they like to do things ceremonially, one pen has been retired and another is about to be inaugurated. These are, mind you, no ordinary Pilot Precise V5… Read more »

For all those who love Lorca’s paen to the city, Poet In New York, the New York Public Library will soon be hosting an exhibition, “Back Tomorrow: Federico García Lorca… Read more »

Wordsmiths, obviously, should know how to sting other writers. But some have proven especially good at it. Herewith, the ten historic barbs we think the most notable and the story… 1 / Read more »

How about this for a delightful literary correspondence? In 1961, Electric Literature tells us, Groucho Marx received a request for a portrait from none other than T.S. Eliot. Presumably slightly bemused… Read more »