by | Jul 16, 2009 | Literary News
from The Observer If You Want to Read Nabokov’s Laura Early, You’ll Have to Make a House Call to Knopf By Leon Neyfakh On Friday afternoon we ran through some of the most exciting galleys hitting the streets this summer. One we didn’t include was The...
by | Jul 12, 2009 | Literary News
from The Guardian UK Codex Sinaiticus: the virtual edition In fragments for centuries, one of the oldest books in the world is now available to flick through in one place – online by Stephen Bates Even if it was not the oldest Bible text in book form, the online...
by | Jul 11, 2009 | Literary News
from The Guardian UK Hemingway revealed as failed KGB spy Notes from Stalin-era intelligence archives show ‘agent Argo’ as a willing recruit in 1941 John Dugdale Useful in battle? Ernest Hemingway in 1944. Photograph: George Karger/Time Life Pictures Up...
by | Jul 8, 2009 | Literary News
from New Scientist Monkeys have a memory for grammar 00:01 08 July 2009 by Catherine Brahic For similar stories, visit the The Human Brain Topic Guide Primates can intuitively recognise some rules of grammar, according to a study of cotton-topped tamarin monkeys...
by | Jun 30, 2009 | Literary News
from Gawker The Time Alice Hoffman’s Review Drove Richard Ford into a Gun-Wielding Rage By The Cajun Boy, 5:52 AM on Tue Jun 30 2009, 1,622 views In a comment thread from a post earlier tonight about Alice Hoffman, commenter PromQueen mentioned that Richard...
by | Jun 29, 2009 | Literary News
from The NY Observer Reed It and Weep: Legendary Lou, Velvet Underground Singer, Greets Groupies at Book Signing with Schnabel By Joe Pompeo Lou Reed, legendary frontman of the Velvet Underground, and Julian Schnabel, noted artist and filmmaker, were sitting at a...
