November 22, 2017

The publisher of the Arizona Republic joins the growing list of women accusing an Arizona state representative of sexual harassment

Earlier this month, Dustin Gardiner reported for AZcentral.com on the increasing number of sexual harassment accusations against Arizona State Representative Don Shooter. At that point, many women (an original five, plus a steady… Read more »

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Flintshire book shop devastated by fire hails "incredible" public support — Tom Clayton
Bygone Brooklyn bookseller broadside beguiles; history highlighted — Mike Lindgren
Library lovers live longer! Startling study cited — Mike Lindgren
1911 NYT nugget suggests fiction-divorce connection; "rose-color books" cited — Mike Lindgren

Kareem James Abu-Zeid wins $25,000 from NEA for the translation of a masterwork of Arabic literature

Simon Reichley

The NEA has recently awarded Kareem James Abu-Zeid a $25,000 grant, which will support work on a contemporary, poetic translation of the Al-Mu’allaqat or “The Hanging Poems,” an important collection… Read more »

For a biographer, the task at hand is seeing Seamus Heaney’s faxes, while they last

Sarah Healy

A new biography of Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney is in the works, and its author is scrambling to save a treasure trove of ancient documents that will reveal many secrets. I refer,… Read more »

Leaving the house is for turkeys — do your holiday shopping from home

Melville House

It can be kept secret no longer: leaving the house blows. Consider the following: One is generally expected to wear pants. One is sharply cut off from access to beloved… Read more »

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