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On the Shelf
By
Sadie Stein
August 3, 2011
Bulletin
A cultural news roundup.
Facebook has acquired
Push Pop Press
, a start-up that converts books into iPad- and iPhone-friendly formats.
“Until a few years ago, hardly a day would go by in the summer without the mailman bringing
a postcard from a vacationing friend
or acquaintance. Nowadays, you’re bound to get an email enclosing a photograph, or, if your grandchildren are the ones doing the traveling, a brief message telling you that their flight has been delayed or that they have arrived.”
Vote for the
top one hundred science-fiction and fantasy titles
.
Anyone for retro
cocktails?
Joanna Lumley is raising funds to convert
the home that helped inspire
Peter Pan
into a children’s literature center.
In praise of
small-town papers
.
Remembering
Elizabeth Mackintosh
—aka Josephine Tey, aka Gordon Daviot.
Meet
the new Spider-Man
: Brooklynite Miles Morales.
The New Yorker
conquers the iPad.
A guide to
literary Edinburgh
.
#undatable
—the literary characters you really wouldn’t want to date.
Please judge these
Virago Modern Classics
by their gorgeous covers!
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