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

Jenny Holzer drops art app: lit refs abound — Mike Lindgren
Surge in sales of "difficult" books during worldwide lockdowns — Tom Clayton
Very old snack found in even older book — Tom Clayton
Sarah, Duchess of York to write seven more children's books with Serenity Press — 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