July 13, 2015

In the wake of the landmark Supreme Court decision of Obergefell v. Hodges, the United States became a major (and overdue) addition to the handful of countries that recognize same-sex marriage.… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Novelists Viet Thanh Nguyen and Jesmyn Ward are officially geniuses, too — Chad Felix
Don’t just look at buildings --- read about them, too! — Alex Primiani
Revisiting the fine art of the Weiwei-ism for Ai Weiwei’s sixtieth birthday — Melville House
Tfw when you steal the Mona Lisa and hang on to it for two years — Melville House

Walmart in Louisiana puts Go Set a Watchman on sale early

Claire Kelley

UPDATE 5:19 PM: We just heard from a Harper spokesperson, who informed us that the Walmart display was taken down. The full statement: “We can confirm that the display was taken down… Read more »

New report: American Psychological Association colluded with DoD and CIA to promote torture

Mark Krotov

The story of psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen was surely one of the most shocking revelations to emerge from the publication the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture. Known… Read more »

Chris Christie won’t be writing a book after all (maybe)

Taylor Sperry

Earlier this year, we reported on Chris Christie’s efforts to amend a New Jersey state law that would prevent the governor from signing a book deal in the run up… Read more »

JetBlue’s book vending machines

Nick Davies

In a move that the cynics among us (hello!) might say is an attempt to distract people from the recent introduction of checked baggage fees, JetBlue Airways is launching a… Read more »

Melville House Books

Mayor of Venice bans gay-friendly children’s books

Liam O’Brien