January 18, 2012 | by Sadie Stein

Evelyn Waugh.
A cultural news roundup.
R.I.P. Reginald Hill.
Bad news for bookstores.
But they fight back!
The Edgar Allen Poe Graveside Society and Cognac-Drinker’s Club.
“Spare a thought for the authors who pass from celebrity to oblivion within their own lifetimes.”
Is it acceptable to answer a phone call with an e-mail? And other modern conundrums.
To republish Hitler? And other eternal conundrums.
Cormac McCarthy, screenwriter.
Everyman’s library?
#FactsWithoutWikipedia
A comic take on the blackout.
Downton vs. Brideshead.
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