Curiosities
May 15, 2012
Liberty is the air we breathe 0
by Emily M. Keeler
The text of Salman Rushdie’s PEN World Voices lecture on liberty and censorship has been published on the New Yorker‘s website.
May 15, 2012
The Common’s first year in print! 0
by Emily M. Keeler
The Common will be celebrating its first year of publication later this month at NYU’s Carter Journalism institute. The celebrations will include a reading from Stephen O’Connor and a performance by the Dog House Band, aka that literary rock group consisting of Sven Birkerts, James Wood, and other writerly musicians.
May 15, 2012
The Declining Agony of Influence 1
by Emily M. Keeler
According to a study cited in The Guardian, contemporary authors are less likely to be influenced by classic literature than previous generations of writers.
May 15, 2012
Blooms of Darkness wins the Independent Prize for Foreign Fiction 0
by Emily M. Keeler
Aharon Appelfeld, a prolific Israeli novelist, has won the Independent Prize for international fiction for his latest book, Blooms of Darkness. Check out our guide to this year’s award’s shortlist.
May 15, 2012
Truthiness and the Realish 1
by Emily M. Keeler
Now that NPR has begun fact checking his work, it’s come to light that David Sedaris is a liar. Or, he sort of embellishes. His work is ‘realish.’ So basically, he tells stories. On NPR. Which is feeling pretty sensitive abut the line between truth and truthiness after the Mike Daisey upset.
May 15, 2012
Tuesday New Release Day: Carey, Mieville, Murakami 0
by C. Max Magee
New today are Peter Carey’s The Chemistry of Tears and China Mieville’s Railsea. And Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 is now out in a snazzy three-volume boxed-set paperback edition. Bonus Links: You can now subscribe to listings of literary new releases in your feed reader with this RSS feed. Plus, check out more new release RSS feeds [...]
