November 06, 2017 » MobyLives! Archives

In light of the recent disgustingness that is Gothamist and DNAInfo being shut down because they voted to unionized, here’s a wee bit of good news: Baltimore is getting a new… Read more »

Indie publishing

Geetanjali Shree becomes first Indian winner of International Booker Prize — Nikki Griffiths
Belgian publisher donates over a thousand books to railway station libraries — Tom Clayton
Little Toller and Bluemoose unite to aid Ukraine — Tom Clayton
"Bookcore" trend boggles; fashion fun? — Mike Lindgren

Because the Bible tells Scott Pruitt so

Ryan Harrington

“Disqualifying the very people who know the most about a subject from serving as advisors makes no sense.” Do I really have to have a take on that? It seems… Read more »

This week in barbed book titles: James Comey’s A Higher Loyalty

There are few joys greater than sticking it to someone who’s wronged you. Payback, comeuppance, karma—call it what you want—is freaking amazing. We’re coming up on six months since the firing… Read more »

Aslı Erdoğan has been freed by Turkey, which remains a terrible country for writers

Grace Larkin

The government of Turkey has lifted a travel ban imposed on novelist, journalist, and human rights activist Aslı Erdoğan. We’ve covered Erdoğan (no relation Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan) since 2016’s failed coup. The author was initially arrested in an August… Read more »

Melville House Books

November 6, 2017

Let’s start the week with a feel-good newspaper story: Meet the all-new Baltimore Beat

Susan Rella

Because the Bible tells Scott Pruitt so

Ryan Harrington

This week in barbed book titles: James Comey’s A Higher Loyalty

Peter Clark

Aslı Erdoğan has been freed by Turkey, which remains a terrible country for writers

Grace Larkin