William T. Vollmann’s Europe Central | A Short Riff on a Long Book
Originally posted on Biblioklept: Kilian Eng 1. William T. Vollmann’s Europe Central, 811 pages in my Penguin trade paperback edition (including end notes), is a virtuoso attempt to describe or...
View ArticleFive Fascinating Facts about George Orwell’s 1984
Originally posted on Interesting Literature: 1. George Orwell’s classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published on this day, 8 June, in 1949. But this wasn’t the original title of the novel....
View ArticleWords, Glorious Words
Originally posted on Eleventh Stack: Over the weekend, our friends at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the Oxford Dictionaries Online added some new words to its listings. More than 400 of...
View ArticleReview #75: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat – Oliver Sacks
Originally posted on The Book Cat: Rating: 3 This was my pick for psychology. Not having a background in the field and lacking familiarity with the associated jargon, I was hoping to find a book...
View ArticleTalking Tats with Taylor
Originally posted on The Hooch: News & Events: Our next special-focus issue, due out in January, is all aboutSkin. Eva Talmadge, co-author ofThe Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms...
View ArticleMary Magdalene Reading — Ambrosius Benson
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View ArticleJon Scieska & Lane Smith – Math Curse and Science Verse
Originally posted on The Book Wars: This week I present to you two books that are an interesting mix of nonsense and non-fiction. Math Curse and Science Verse, created by author/illustrator team Jon...
View ArticleDr. Seuss: Politics in Children’s Literature
Originally posted on A R T L▼R K: On the 2nd of March 1904,the famous writer and illustratorTheodor Seuss Geisel, known as ‘Dr. Seuss’, was born in Footloose, Springfield, MA, USA. An Oxford...
View ArticleThe Unbearable Ironies of Libraries in Wartime
Originally posted on Flavorwire: Yesterday we learned from Yahoo News! that ISIS has used improvised explosive devices to destroy several historic landmarks in the Iraqi city of Mosul, including the...
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