Recent Articles
July 13, 2010
A Chiefest Pleasure: Discovering The Sot-Weed Factor on its 50th Birthday 5
by Bill Morris
The deeper you go into your life and your reading, the more precious the long-overlooked gems become once you finally unearth them.
July 12, 2010
Free Amazon Prime and Free Shipping for Students 0
by C. Max Magee
Attention Students: Amazon is offering a free year of Amazon Prime, the service that gets frequent Amazon shoppers free two-day shipping, for a year with their new Amazon Student program.
July 12, 2010
Mark Twain Autobiography 0
by Ujala Sehgal
Larry Rohter at the New York Times relates the darker, more cynical Mark Twain that has emerged through publication of the first volume of his unexpurgated autobiography, a century after his death: “One thing that gets Mark Twain going is his rage and resentment.”
July 12, 2010
Literary One-Hit Wonders 0
by Ujala Sehgal
Second Act lists the renowned literary one-hit wonders, including John Kennedy Toole, Sylvia Plath and Ralph Ellison. (via AuthorScoop)
July 12, 2010
Novelist-of-the-Future: A Profile of Jennifer Egan 4
by Edan Lepucki
As time has gone on, I have become interested in telling stories that are more complicated and less streamlined, and so I’m looking for more ways to do that as efficiently and powerfully as I can.
July 11, 2010
Summer Reading at The Brooklyn Rail 0
by Anne K. Yoder
Want to know what artists Paul Chan and Richard Serra, poet Eileen Myles, and translator Charlotte Mandell are reading this summer? Check out The Brooklyn Rail’s Summer Reading List.
