Recent Articles
January 9, 2012
The Loneliness of the Icelandic Translator 0
by Nick Moran
Victoria Cribb is one of Icelandic literature’s “best-known” translators into English. Among the works she’s translated is The Blue Fox, which was selected by Nuruddin Farah in our Year in Reading series.
January 9, 2012
The Story Behind the Story: An Appreciation of Authors’ Acknowledgments 14
by Henriette Lazaridis Power
At their best, acknowledgements can be finely-wrought short stories with the author as protagonist. At least one acknowledgements has made me cry.
January 8, 2012
When an Alumni Mag Covers Bad News 0
by C. Max Magee
In the wake of the Sandusky scandal, the Penn State alumni mag Penn Stater couldn’t ignore the news. The dark, shattered cover is not what you typically see from booster-ish alumni magazines.
January 8, 2012
Brontë for Babies? 2
by Rachel Hurn
Brontë for babies? Board books, those small, sturdy volumes with the glossy cardboard “pages” – generally featuring rounded corners so babies who are teething don’t cut their gums or poke out their eyes, are getting ludicrous. A new series, we’re told on the back covers, “is a fashionable way to introduce your child to the [...]
January 7, 2012
Make Your Own Aphrodisiacs 0
by Rachel Hurn
Husband and wife writing duo Matthew Seal and Julie Bruton-Seal will launch their new book, Make Your Own Aphrodisiacs, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The couple, who live in Britain, (and who are by no means spring chickens), are encouraging people to look at natural ways of boosting their libido and to remove some [...]
January 7, 2012
Plotto 0
by Rachel Hurn
Who, or what, is Plotto? Find out about the art of mechanized storytelling, or what a cardboard robot has to do with melodrama and Law & Order.
