It was one of the greatest, most avoidable tragedies to befall nineteenth-century literature, unless it wasn’t. Two hundreds years ago this summer, effervescent novelist, role model, and face-on-money-to-be Jane Austen… Read more »

“Punk has become another marketing tool to sell you something you don’t need.” It’s a line that could come straight from Nato Thompson’s forthcoming Melville House book Culture as Weapon. But most recently… Read more »