Gatsby, Sexting, and Rand

An original ad for The Great Gatsby, found in a 1925 issue of The Princetonian.

“My decade-long enamor with the poets and writers of the Beat Generation was about to pay off. As the only woman who adored Kerouac, I would be the vixen of the literary matchmaking board.” At the Millions, Stephanie Nikolopoulos on the Jack Kerouac gender divide.

In which Ayn Rand explains Objectivism on the Johnny Carson show. “I think you’ll find her most unusual,” says he.

Poet Ron Silliman lost his library in a flood; help him reassemble it.

O tempora: new inductions into Merriam-Webster include f bomb, man cave, and sexting. A full list here.

On the other hand, the more things change, et cetera. This 1950 Library Journal asks if new media is rendering reading obsolete.

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