I’ve been distracted with one thing and another of late (holidays, children, writing projects), so I’m behind on posting. Sorry about that. Meanwhile, I had the pleasure last week of writing about a historical hoax perpetrated by a bunch of students in a history class at George Mason University. They created a fictional 19th-century pirate… Continue reading »
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Bolano in Academe
I have read exactly one thing by Roberto Bolano so far, and that’s the short story in the Dec. 22 issue of The New Yorker. I should probably tackle The Savage Detectives or 2666, but I don’t think I can bear to until Bolano fever dies down a little. Meanwhile, scholars have joined litbloggers in… Continue reading »
All Whitman, All Digital
Over at the Chronicle’s Wired Campus blog, I’ve posted a Q&A with Ed Folsom, co-director of the Walt Whitman Archive. This is the first in an occasional series of chats with folks at digital archives about where they’ve been and where they’re headed. I’m doing it as a way to sneak in a little more… Continue reading »
Weymouth: WaPo Needs “Fundamental Change”
From the NY Observer: The Washington Post’s publisher Katharine Weymouth sent out an email to her staff this morning declaring that the business model for the paper would have to undergo a “fundamental change.” First, they’re going hyper-local! Washingtonpost.com is going to be recast itself as a local news and information site for people who… Continue reading »
400 Candles
I couldn’t let today end without wishing John Milton a happy quatercentenary. The Guardian has a nice birthday roundup, including a Miltoniana quiz , some musings on Milton v. Shakespeare in the greatest-poet contest (do we really have to choose?), and Philip Pulllman reading a bit o’ Paradise Lost.
