2666, streaming soon from a stage to a screen near you
A couple years ago, we reported on the Chicago debut of a stage adaptation of Last Interview series participant Roberto Bolaño’s masterwork, 2666. With over 900 pages of text and a story that crosses… Read more »
Nicaragua remembers its poet, Rubén Darío, in the places he lived
Imagine that, after you died, every place you had ever inhabited took on a part of your identity (maybe also imagine, for this particular exercise, that you’re from the earlier part of… Read more »
Stage production of Bolaño’s 2666 to debut this February
Back in March of last year, we reported that—thanks to the generosity of Powerball winner Roy Cockrum—Roberto Bolaño’s massive and massively good final novel, 2666, would be adapted for the stage by… Read more »
Two for Tuesday: Have we reached peak ARC?
Topics discussed: advice, Nick During, New York Review Books, Linda Rosenkrantz, Anna Wiener, ARCs, galleys, hyperbole, Twitter backlash, #JadeHelm15, limited edition boxset superproofs, City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg, Jonathan… Read more »
Two For Tuesday: Should Books Be Snackable, Serialized, and Delicious?
Topics discussed: Tim Parks, length, reader feedback (write to us!), Michael Schaub, Ben Carson, thinkpieces, Hillary Kelly, The Way We Publish Now, serialization, cookie cutting (metaphorically), Jonathan Franzen, Harper Lee,… Read more »
Roberto Bolaño hits the jackpot
Roy Cockrum is a better person than (probably) you and (I’m pretty sure) I am. Do you ever think about what you would do if you won the lottery? Travel? Quit… Read more »
Major literary holidays other than Read an eBook Day
Americans take their holidays seriously. Just look at the orgy of barbecuing that occurs on Labor Day, the orgy of turkey consumption that occurs on Thanksgiving, or the orgy of… Read more »
Publishers scramble for their own “Murakami One-Two”
On Monday, Knopf announced the forthcoming publication of The Strange Library, a new book by Haruki Murakami. The 96-page novel will be released in December, only three and a half… Read more »
Salman Rushdie’s selfies
It’s not just the word of 2013; apparently it’s the joke of 2014. “Selfies” seemed to hit everyone’s feeds on April Fool’s Day. Gmail made a joke about sharable selfies,… Read more »
International Translation Day
International Translation Day, which is today, is a relatively recent phenomenon, though its roots go far back. Founded in 1953 by International Federation of Translators, it is in fact the… Read more »