January 04, 2016 » MobyLives! Archives

Literary critic (and forthcoming Melville House author) Jessa Crispin mentioned to us a piece she’d written recently that a webzine had assigned to her but then, for reasons that are unclear, killed. We thought it… Read more »

Criticism

1911 NYT nugget suggests fiction-divorce connection; "rose-color books" cited — Mike Lindgren
Meghan Markle's kid's book is finally out... and yup, the Brits hate it — Nikki Griffiths
Cancelled Philip Roth biography finds a new publisher while author is accused of sexual assault — Nikki Griffiths
Boris Johnson is labeled an "embarrassing buffoon" in a new political memoir — Nikki Griffiths

Fifth employee connected to Hong Kong bookstore goes missing

Liam O’Brien

When we first wrote about the four Hong Kong bookstore employees that went missing in November, there was immediate media speculation that the men had been detained by the Chinese government due… Read more »

20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover

Kait Howard

Twenty years after David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest was originally published, the iconic cloud-dappled, block-lettered book cover design has been put to bed. Last August, Wallace’s longtime publisher, Little, Brown, announced… Read more »

What Would Leopold Bloom Do? Volume 4

Josh Cook

Complex and confusing, filled with words you don’t know and people you don’t understand, life is even more difficult to navigate than Ulysses. But luckily, we have Ulysses to help… Read more »

Spring Books Preview: The Visitors

Melville House

Over the next few days, we’ll be offering a peek at the titles we have lined up for Spring. Simon Sylvester’s novel The Visitors is on sale now. You’d be… Read more »

Melville House Books

January 4, 2016

On pandering … and exclusivity

Jessa Crispin