July 10, 2012 On the Shelf Reading Children, Posthumous Novels By Sadie Stein William Faulkner’s first published work, from the 1919 New Republic. Woody Guthrie’s unpublished novel will be published next year, with a little help from Johnny Depp. If you’ve never seen Émile Zola’s legendary “J’Accuse!” editorial, the Los Angeles Review of Books has helpfully shared it. If Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester texted. The Dorothy Parker Facebook page FAQ is the ne plus ultra of dead author Fabecbook page FAQs. Vintage photos of children reading.
July 9, 2012 On the Shelf Reading Dogs, Biblical Judges, Myers-Briggs By Sadie Stein Dogs reading books. Continuing the judicial book-report trend, a South Carolina woman is granted a reduced sentence on the condition she read and report on the Book of Job. She’s on it. Archival audio of a 1972 panel discussion from the 92nd St. Y titled “Women Writers: Has Anything Changed?” featuring Nora Ephron, Elizabeth Janeway, and Carolyn Kizer, moderated by Helen Vendler. Batman dominates the best-seller list (as well as the future box office.) Data: singular or plural? The debate rages on. In case you ever wondered about Anne Shirley’s Myers-Briggs personality type. [tweetbutton] [facebook_ilike]
July 6, 2012 On the Shelf Faulkner, Munro, and Bribery! By Sadie Stein A color-coded Sound and the Fury, just as Faulkner intended. Are girly themes having a moment? A beginner’s guide to Alice Munro. In defense of cursive. Oxford University Press is fined for bribery.
July 5, 2012 On the Shelf Austen’s Ring, Hemingway’s Endings By Sadie Stein A turquoise ring that once belonged to Jane Austen is on the block at Sotheby’s, accompanied by a note from Eleanor Austen to her daughter. Bookstores with cafés sell more reading material, figures suggest. Two more New York City bookstores, Washington Heights’s Word Up and Harlem’s Hue-Man, face closure. (The latter will continue as an online store.) Poet Simon Armitage crossed the Pennine Way as a modern troubadour, exchanging only verse for food and shelter. A new edition of A Farewell to Arms will contain Hemingway’s thirty-plus alternate endings. Celebrating Pie Week.
July 3, 2012 On the Shelf Rap, Poetry, and Cats By The Paris Review The London Olympics may be a couple of weeks away, but the poetry Olympics have already begun. Science-based art. The Elements of Style, as rap video. An appreciation of illustrator R.O. Blechman. Bookstore cats across America. [tweetbutton] [facebook_ilike]
July 2, 2012 On the Shelf Books, Crime, and Punishment! By The Paris Review Master book thief Anders Burius stole the 1597 Wytfliet Atlas a decade ago; now, it has turned up in New York, and will be returned to the Swedish Royal Library. A New Mexico woman was jailed for failing to return a copy of Twilight to the library. (Charges have since been dropped.) An Argentinian independent publisher Eterna Cadencia adds an element of urgency to reading, by publishing books in disappearing ink. A lawyer requests time off from a murder trial to attend the famed Key West Hemingway Lookalike Contest. And is denied. A handy chart helps you choose your beach read.