July 25, 2017

Let me begin with a confession: I have, more than once, felt sympathy for Sean Spicer. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not going to defend Spicer, propose his rehabilitation as a figure… Read more »

journalism

1911 NYT nugget suggests fiction-divorce connection; "rose-color books" cited — Mike Lindgren
NYTimes tallies tsunami of Trump tomes; why John Dean's book Is different — Mike Lindgren
AP rules "Black" should now be capitalized; change seen as long overdue — Mike Lindgren
Book critics org roiled by race controversy; prez, board members resign — Mike Lindgren

Richard Dawkins’s Berkeley radio event is cancelled over bad tweets about Islam

Chad Felix

The rabble-rouser and author of The God Delusion Richard Dawkins lost himself a book promotion event in Berkeley, reports Berkleyside’s Frances Dinkelspiel, following a radio station’s decision to log in… Read more »

Happy 112, Elias Canetti!

Melville House

It’s a fine day to be wishing the world a happy 112th birthday of Sephardic-Bulgarian-British German-language memoirist, novelist, theorist, and playwright Elias Canetti! Born to two venerable families in Ruse,… Read more »

It’s a good day to watch Martin Luther King deliver his “Two Americas” speech

Melville House

Amid all the noise of the present moment, you couldn’t do too much better than to watch Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legendary “Two Americas” speech, delivered at Stanford on… Read more »

Melville House Books

One Spicey meatball: Bye bye, Sean, and don’t let the door hit you

Ian Dreiblatt

Richard Dawkins’s Berkeley radio event is cancelled over bad tweets about Islam

Chad Felix

Happy 112, Elias Canetti!

Melville House

It’s a good day to watch Martin Luther King deliver his “Two Americas” speech

Melville House