Recent Articles
March 19, 2013
“I made up ice bats, there is no such thing.” 0
by Rhian Sasseen
Anne Carson sits down for a profile with the New York Times, and the results are anything but traditional.
March 19, 2013
The Philosopher’s Lunch 0
by Rhian Sasseen
“Another example of Chomsky humour: he calls his assistant’s dog, ‘Cat.’” Financial Times sits down for a meal with linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky.
March 19, 2013
Lost in the Land of Self-Help: Mohsin Hamid’s How To Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia 0
by Emily St. John Mandel
Hamid’s flawed but beautifully written new novel follows the trajectory of a self-made man in an unnamed country.
March 18, 2013
Lit Pics, Part Deux 0
by Thomas Beckwith
On Monday, March 11th, Electric Literature and Lazy Fascist Press celebrated the release of Sam Pink’s novel Rontel. (If you need a refresher, I wrote about Rontel a few weeks ago.)
March 18, 2013
Tir gan teanga, tir gan anam 0
by Thomas Beckwith
If you missed the worldwide celebration of Irish literary greats on St. Patrick’s Day, you can make up for it with these podcasts of classic Irish writers at The Guardian.
March 18, 2013
Death of a Reader 0
by Thomas Beckwith
Now that Google Reader is nearing its official death, the people who used to depend on it are waxing nostalgic about its heyday. At Page-Turner, Joshua Rothman remembers the feeds he once relied on.