March 18, 2016

Henry Miller’s been protested before, and if recent news out of Krasnodar, Russia is any indicator, he’ll continue being protested for as long as we’re around. (Also, more notably, he’ll be read… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Wishing the happiest 200th birthday to Herman Melville — Christina Cerio
The 'Cats' trailer: actually not a-paw-ling? — Tom Clayton
Bored Christians petition wrong company to cancel Good Omens adaptation — Alex Primiani
Glastonbury Festival to launch first official book — Tom Clayton

Whimsical Qatari government releases poet jailed for life

Kait Howard

A Qatari poet who had previously been jailed for life for reciting a poem critical of his country’s emir has been pardoned after serving over three years in prison, the… Read more »

Michael Mann shopping book imprint to publishers

Ena Brdjanovic

Continuing this week’s trend of movie writer/directors veering into publishing—Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr reports that lauded director Michael Mann is looking to launch his own imprint. The imprint is actually a bit of a… Read more »

NYRB launches new imprint devoted to comics

Wah-Ming Chang

New York Review Comics, the new imprint from NYRB Classics, just released its first title: Agony by Mark Beyer. Originally published in 1987, Agony charts the misadventures of Amy and… Read more »

Melville House Books

Henry Miller books burned by Russia’s “pagan librarians Perun”

Chad Felix