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

Jay-Z sues children’s book publisher who is accused of racism and copyright violation — Nikki Griffiths
Illustrated kids book about girls' bodies criticised for avoiding the word vagina — Nikki Griffiths
A complaint describing a children’s book on potty training as "filth" helps it become a bestseller — Nikki Griffiths
The 'Cats' trailer: actually not a-paw-ling? — Tom Clayton

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