December 15, 2015

Florida senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio published his memoir, An American Son, in 2012, a year and a half into his first (and last) Senate term. The book—for which… Read more »

Law

California appears poised to pass a law that may ban all forms of “conversion therapy” propaganda — Alex Primiani
A Maine high school student is suing the NEA for the right to recite poetry — Ian Dreiblatt
Go Sue a Watchman: Scott Rudin files countersuit against the estate of Harper Lee — Simon Reichley
A petition to protect the reading rights of prisoners — Taylor Sperry

Crowdsourced Taylor Swift book announced, latest in a grand publishing tradition

Liam O’Brien

The Associated Press recently broke the news of a major event in celebrity-focused crowdsourced publishing: Simon & Schuster will publish a crowdsourced book on Taylor Swift that fans will help create.… Read more »

From the pen of a French beggar, a bestseller is born

Chad Felix

Jean-Marie Roughol, a panhandler on the streets of Paris for 27 years and running, has sold upwards of 50,000 copies of his memoir, My Life as a Panhandler: A Life on… Read more »

Two Roman queens may have inspired Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth

Taylor Sperry

William Shakespeare has been credited with no less than inventing the human, but fresh research from Dr. John-Mark Philo of East Anglia University suggests that the bard’s Lady Macbeth might… Read more »

Excerpt: Nora Ephron’s Last Interview

Melville House

A hilarious and revealing look at one of America’s most beloved screenwriters. Packed with her characteristic wit, wisdom, and charm, this collection of interviews with Nora Ephron celebrates a treasured voice in… Read more »

Melville House Books

Marco Rubio’s An American Son is a memoir, but is it also an ethics violation?

Mark Krotov