It turns out 12th-century British scholars (monks, really, we’re mainly talking monks, here) had absolutely no problem borrowing “long passages” from whatever manuscripts they could get their hands on, and would freely plagiarize the writings of continental scholars. Of course, Read more >
Living for the weekend? Living for Saturday afternoons spent at your local bookstore and Sunday mornings curled up in your favorite chair? Yeah, us too. This week brings us a spate of new books: from Stacey Abrams to Chimamanda Ngozi Read more >
People who love reading love reading. And people who love reading also love reading about how great reading is. Luckily, as you may have noticed, the opportunities for this kind of reading about reading are apparently endless. After all, if Read more >
It’s hard to believe (is it though?) that up until now no woman in American history has ever graced a quarter-dollar. Thankfully, that changes in 2022. Starting next January the US mint will be issuing two-bit coins pressed with the Read more >
The world knows William Faulkner chiefly as a novelist, but for over a decade, his main trade was screenwriting. In May 1932, Faulkner was broke: his publisher, Cape & Smith, had gone bankrupt, and the money he’d been expecting for Read more >
The Broward County Public Schools board has stopped a children’s book from being used in classes, after the head of the local police union wrote an open letter to the district accusing the book of being anti-police “propaganda.” According to Read more >
Let me tell you about a little film I watched the other night: a 2009 flick lost to the annals of history called Love Happens. It stars Jennifer Aniston as an unlucky-in-love florist. Judy Greer reprises her lifetime role as Read more >
Rachel Cusk’s Second Place, Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary, Alison Bechdel’s The Secret to Superhuman Strength, and Olivia Laing’s Everybody all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s “Rotten Tomatoes for Read more >
The 215 Literary Arts Festival—in partnership with Rutgers University Camden, The Stables, and Laternfish Press—is bringing together a band of writers, editors, musicians, and DJ librarians to celebrate the vibrant literary arts scene in the Philadelphia area, from May 10th Read more >
One hundred and twenty-six year ago today, H. G. Wells’ seminal science-fiction novella, The Time Machine, was first published. The story of an Victorian English scientist (and gentleman inventor) who builds a big ‘ol steampunk time machine and uses it Read more >
If so, you’ve come to the right place. Someone (who goes by the name of MysigMind) is making long playlists of classical music—we’re talking Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Vivaldi, all the greats—geared specifically for 19th century villains in (slightly) different situations. For Read more >
Exciting archival news: University of Kentucky professor Herman Farrell recently discovered a letter from Tennessee Williams to Eugene O’Neill, previously only rumored to exist. Farrell unearthed the letter in a collection of O’Neill-related documents at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Books and Read more >
Stacey Abrams has had a busy year: on May 11th, Doubleday will publish her political thriller While Justice Sleeps, and Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, has just picked up her three out-of-print romances for re-publication. (And that’s not Read more >
Exciting news: Deadline reported yesterday afternoon that Greta Lee (Russian Doll, Girls, The Morning Show) will write, star in, and executive produce a series adaptation of Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, an “intimate and devastating” essay Read more >
The Clio Awards, which recognize innovation in advertising, design and communication, have just awarded their grand prize to “The Uncensored Library,” a library that houses books and articles censored in their country of origin—a library built entirely in Minecraft. Reporters Read more >
Members of Britain’s publishing industry have written an open letter to the British publishing news site The Bookseller stating that “transphobia is still perfectly acceptable in the British book industry” and calling on publishers to educate themselves on trans issues Read more >
On this, the 94th publication anniversary of Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, I invite you to do the opposite of reading To the Lighthouse, and watch a video. (You could also re-read To the Lighthouse, but let’s assume time is Read more >
St. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, is gearing up for a new album release in ten days, which—in classic St. Vincent form—means a completely reinvented sonic and visual palette via teasers and singles. Clark’s new album, Daddy’s Home, wears its ‘70’s Read more >
While I have been known to violently roll my eyes at the news of a child getting a book deal because of their parents’ relentless Twitter promotion (preschoolers should not have side hustles!), I’m not immune to all forms of internet Read more >
On April 30th, the Los Angeles Times reported that Joshua Wolf Shenk had resigned from his positions as editor-in-chief of The Believer magazine and artistic and executive director of the Black Mountain Institute, The Believer’s publisher, after Shenk exposed himself Read more >
