Rare Martin Luther King, Jr. books are coming to Arizona State University
The state of Arizona is not famous for its eagerness to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr. In fact the state of Arizona is famous for its hesitancy… Read more »
Sonia Sotomayor likes books and is a hero
Justice Felix Frankfurter was many things: an early columnist for the New Republic, a co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, an immigrant who had a tremendous impact on his adoptive country,… Read more »
Strange Victories: Grove Press archives on display
Two years after the death of its legendary publisher Barney Rosset (who our publisher Dennis Johnson eulogized here on MobyLives), the archives of Grove Press have been opened up to… Read more »
Trailer for J.D. Salinger documentary released
This is a big year for literature in films, between the overblown Baz Luhrmann Great Gatsby and the much more appealing take on Much Ado About Nothing by Joss Whedon hitting… Read more »
Will shopping for books, as opposed to, say, shooting a president, keep Hinckley institutionalized?
Remember John Hinckley, Jr.? Right, he shot President Ronald Reagan, not to mention a cop, Secret Service officer, and Reagan’s press secretary, James Brady, who was crippled for life —… Read more »