March 27, 2018 » MobyLives! Archives

On sale today! A Spy in Canaan: How the FBI used a famous photographer to infiltrate the civil rights movement

Today truly is one we’ve been waiting for: publication day for Marc Perrusquia’s A Spy In Canaan — an explosive piece of investigative journalism timed to the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s… Read more »

Melville House Books

Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Publishing — Melville House
Continued Covid crisis catalyzes e-book sales; fallout feared — Mike Lindgren
MELVILLE HOUSE ANNOUNCES 500,000 COPY PRINTING OF FIRST IN-DEPTH BOOK ABOUT QANON PHENOMENON AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE — Melville House
NYTimes tallies tsunami of Trump tomes; why John Dean's book Is different — Mike Lindgren

Ireland loves single-sentence fiction and that’s totally fine

Michael Barron

It’s safe to say that if single-sentence fiction had a homeland, it might be Ireland. I was once in attendance of a Bloomsday contest in which challengers would attempt to recite,… Read more »

It’s clear why China is banning references to Animal Farm. It’s less clear why they’re banning references to the letter n.

Ian Dreiblatt

We’ve written a lot recently about unfortunate goings-on in China, where President Xi Jinping has been busily consolidating his power for the past several years. As we wrote in November: When the CCP… Read more »

Frank O’Hara: There he was! The center of all beauty! Writing those poems! Imagine!

Melville House

If you woke up feeling especially talkative, energetic, and sweet this morning, it may be because today would’ve been the ninety-second birthday of legendary poet Frank O’Hara. Born in Baltimore and… Read more »