Writers can, and should, and do, wield both phone and pen
At some point—who knows exactly when—the Writer, a white-haired white man in this fantasy, became the poster child for thoughtful interiority and private life. This writer took his time. He… Read more »
The memoir of an imprisoned former Israeli Prime Minister has led to multiple police raids
Ehud Olmert has seen better days. The George W. Bush-painted former Prime Minister of Israel (he served the office from 2006 to 2009) is currently serving out a prison sentence for… Read more »
When the Librarians came to Melville House: Fall 2017 Edition
This past Friday, June 9th, we here at Melville House were lucky enough to spend the afternoon with some of the finest folks around, the Librarians, on the occasion of… Read more »
English Bankers turn to Dr. Seuss for some writing tips
Bankers: when they’re not defrauding or dancing/not dancing about defrauding, they’re studying the prose style of Dr. Seuss — apparently! According to Business Insider’s Ben Moshinsky, the staff at the Bank of… Read more »
It is happening again again: Twin Peaks: The Return returns with new novel from co-creator Mark Frost
With the return of Twin Peaks less than a full week behind him, and with a pocket full of positive and confounded reviews (“Mr. Lynch’s visual imagination remains inimitable.” –New York Times; “Splendid.”… Read more »
Twenty-seven years later, Laura Palmer reads aloud from her Secret Diary
Twin Peaks, David Lynch’s genius exploration of American violence, weirdness, wisdom, entertainment, and character, is back, twenty-seven years after its television debut on ABC in 1990. The reboot, entitled Twin Peaks:… Read more »
Employment of climate change denier Bret Stephens prompts New York Times subscribers to get their news elsewhere
Bret Stephens, the new opinion columnist at the New York Times, has some opinions about stuff. For one, he doesn’t really believe that climate change is real. He’s also been… Read more »
The Guggenheim Museum, joining others, expands its free digital art book libraries
Hey, art books are really great. But also: heavy, expensive, and then, a little bit later, rare (and more expensive). It’s nothing but good news, then, that the Solomon. R. Guggenheim Museum,… Read more »
If books really make us kinder, better people, then why am I, an enthusiastic reader, so upset all the time?
A lot of ink has been spilled on studies reporting the positive effects of reading fiction. And the news of these groundbreaking studies and their value-of-fiction-affirming results is reported again… Read more »
Cartoonist Matt Furie kills Pepe the Frog
This past Saturday, to celebrate Free Comic Book Day, illustrator and cartoonist Matt Furie killed Pepe the Frog. In a single-page, six-panel comic released by Fantagraphics, the peace-loving, free-living, pot-smoking… Read more »