Corey Lewandowski loses his yuge book deal
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a public figure, given a temporary spot in the limelight thanks to politics or outrage culture, will soon be in search of a… Read more »
Leave or remain: with Britain on the verge of a momentous decision, where does the book industry stand?
One of the biggest political decisions to face Britons in their lifetime is looming—the European Union referendum, with polling stations opening today, June 23rd. The British public will be voting on whether to… Read more »
Ben Carson’s books: Fiction? Nonfiction? Does it matter?
We at MobyLives love to write about books written by presidential candidates. We’ve written about how they’re mandatory, how they have great titles, and how they contain fabricated quotations from the founding… Read more »
Pope Francis comes to America
Yesterday afternoon, Pope Francis touched down at Andrews Air Force Base, in Maryland, where he was greeted by President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and their families. Pope Francis is… Read more »
This week in dangerous children’s books, at home and abroad
Another day, another stack of children’s books that are actually socially dangerous tools of the insidious Gay-Muslim-Liberal conspiracy to inculcate the innocent minds of young readers with perverse concepts. Depressed yet? You will be!… Read more »
1995 book reveals that Jeb Bush is a fan of shame
Books by politicians usually have two things in common: 1) they have sublimely generic titles and 2) they don’t tend to be very substantive. This is sensible. After all, the… Read more »
“One rule for us, one rule for everybody else”: An excerpt from Owen Jones’s The Establishment
A couple of weeks ago, Melville House published the activist and journalist Owen Jones’s The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It. Jones’s account of power and politics is… Read more »
Can Washington, DC handle more than one superagent? A new literary agency will find out
If you’re a regular reader of MobyLives, the name Robert Barnett should ring a bell. And if it doesn’t, here are some other names that will perhaps sound more familiar:… Read more »
Ben Carson plagiarizes from SocialismSucks.net; nation really doesn’t care about politicians who plagiarize their books
Last Tuesday, reporters at BuzzFeed—a website that is either the future of journalism or the end of journalism or your home for detailed coverage of “21 Extremely Simple Curling Iron… Read more »
Why is a Nigerian federal court blocking their ex-president’s memoirs?
The Nigerian publishing industry, which recently seemed like it was heading into a brighter tomorrow, has hit a new bump. Farafina Books, which publishes several major Nigerian authors including Chimamanda… Read more »