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I wish Philip Roth would die more often!
Jacques Berlinerblau
When word came last Tuesday night that Philip Roth had passed away, I reacted inappropriately. Gentle reader, would you think less of me if I confessed that upon receiving the… Read more »
An iconic literary agency is fleeced by its accountant
Ryan Harrington
Usually, when sums of cash north of one million dollars are invoked on this blog, it is because a celebrity has just received a mega-advance to write a book, or because Amazon has avoided paying… Read more »
The shortlist for the “Golden” Man Booker prize has been announced
Stephanie DeLuca
The shortlist for the Golden Man Booker —a one-time-only literary prize that is meant to determine the best novel of the past fifty years—has been announced. As reported earlier on this very… Read more »
James Mattis may well be a war criminal, and no amount of reading will change that
Simon Reichley
At CNBC.com, Amanda Macias has written an admiring profile of James “Mad Monk Dog Warrior” Mattis and his voracious reading habits. Macias documents Mattis’s longstanding reputation as a bookworm, citing colleagues… Read more »
