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French Olympic team discovered to have unfair advantage: Baudelaire It has recently come to our attention that French Olympic swimmer Yannick Agnel stands accused of using literature as part of his pre-match routines, namely the potent work of Charles Baudelaire.… 1 / Read more »
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Celebrating Herman Melville’s birthday Today marks a special occasion here at Melville House as we celebrate the birthday of our namesake. Author of many famous poems, short stories, and novels, Herman Melville was born… 17 / Read more »
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The Art of Translation: Kuprin’s The Duel Believe the hype: literature-loving Americans are currently living in a golden age of translation. But what is translation? And how did it get so gilt? In 2008, the omnipotent demi-gods… 1 / Read more »
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Book Trailer: Leigh Stein’s Dispatch from the Future Last Thursday evening, Melville House hosted the book release party for Leigh Stein’s debut collection of poetry, Dispatch from the Future. The party was a great success, and all of… Read more »
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“One of the biggest screw-ups in the history of book retail”? A recent Simba Information report (subscription required) “posits that the decrease in the number of bookstores that we saw in 2011 did not lead to a corresponding growth in ebook… 1 / Read more »
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Does social media sell books? “I’m convinced that epublishing is another tech bubble, and that it will burst within the next 18 months.” Bold words, and not mine. Ewan Morrison made this pronouncement yesterday on… 2 / Read more »
