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MobyLives, even in August This August, as Melville House gears up for an eventful fall season — which includes our 10th anniversary celebration and the launch of a brand new list of titles –… Read more »
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“Heaven,” a short story by Steven Barthelme The poet delicately picks his nose while talking on my telephone, his old abraded sneakers up on my coffee table. This is authentic behavior, the poet is proving that he… Read more »
- SLIDE SHOW: When writers attack … other writers
Wordsmiths, obviously, should know how to sting other writers. But some have proven especially good at it. Herewith, the ten historic barbs we think the most notable and the story… 1 / Read more »
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A nation of (book)shopkeepers? With this post we introduce our new UK correspondent Euan Hirst, of Blackwell’s in Oxford, England, one of Britain’s leading bookstores. Our goal in asking Euan to join MobyLives is… Read more »
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SLIDESHOW: Infamous book promotions over the years Last week, when news broke that Ray Dolin, the author writing a book about the kindness of Americans, was allegedly shot by a random motorist while hitchhiking across the country,… 4 / Read more »
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“The Fable of the Weasel,” by Alexander Cockburn The following is Alexander Cockburn’s foreword to John Reed’s Snowball’s Chance, releasing in August as part of Melville House’s The Neversink Library. Snowball’s Chance takes its intriguing departure from Animal… Read more »
