A Very IgNobel #MeToo Crisis, Part Två
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about some #MeToo drama that has sent the Nobel committee into a full-on Blåsväder (a Swedish cousin to our own “shit storm”). Well, the Blåsväder has yet… Read more »
Will the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy call it a day?
Obituaries are flooding in for Barbara Bush, the matriarch who saw both her husband and her son assume the presidency. Bush passed on yesterday at the age of ninety-two. Regardless of one’s… Read more »
PEN World Voices participant Yassmin Abdel-Magied has been deported
The PEN World Voices Festival, an annual, weeklong celebration of international literature, kicked off last night. But among the 165 voices invited to participate, one writer was notably absent. According to John Maher… Read more »
“En Garde, Macron!” François Hollande’s post-presidential tell-all
There is no read quite like a political memoir, especially from a head of state. A confessional it is not — rather, these doorstops give a chance for a former world leader… Read more »
A Very IgNobel #MeToo Crisis
It’s not often that a king’s sadness is covered by the Associated Press, and a headline such as “Swedish king saddened by trouble in Nobel literature body” portends strange times… Read more »
Cameos in works of fiction: Novel idea or novelty?
Hey so like, you may have heard that more actors are publishing novels these days. Maybe some of you read Sean Penn’s Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff. In fact, maybe… Read more »
Cuba’s Hemingway house gets an American facelift
Let’s start with a book plug. In May 2019, Melville House will publish Ernesto, a period biography of Ernest Hemingway’s years as a celebrated resident of Cuba, and a book you… Read more »
Pour one out for Li Ao, Taiwan’s most divisive public intellectual
“Gone contra” is not a phrase in any vernacular I am familiar with, and yet, I think it’s high time to coin it. By “going contra” I mean popular cultural… Read more »
Ireland loves single-sentence fiction and that’s totally fine
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 »
Drama at the International Literary Festival: Macau Edition
Macau, the Jersey City of China. This former Portuguese colony, a mere ferry ride from the formerly British-administered Hong Kong, has not had the same global clout as its likewise colonial neighbor.… Read more »