The London incarnation of the Institute for the Future of the Book, or if:book as it likes to be known, is hosting a virtual group read of Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook. Seven female critics and creative writers will read the novel, jot down notes in the virtual margins, and discuss it all in a… Continue reading »
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Pity the Lemming
…already unfairly maligned as suicidal, and now hit hard by climate change. The BBC reports on a new study that finds wetter winters in southern Norway, “a bleak prospect for the region’s lemmings.” Scientists think that the snow is no longer stable enough to provide the animals with winter shelter. And the suicide myth? Rather… Continue reading »
More Frankenstein
Now that the election is safely behind us… Arts & Letters Daily linked to my Frankenstein story yesterday. Please take a look if you’re in a textual-scholarship mood. The TLS also has a review up of Charles Robinson’s new edition; their take focuses more on the novel’s back story (cold, rainy summer on the shores… Continue reading »
Professor in Chief
My Chronicle colleague Rich Monastersky analyzes the academic ties and professorial style of our new commander-in-chief: The academic style offers some advantages in developing policy. Many reports of how Mr. Obama has operated his campaign and his Senate office suggest that he runs discussions with advisers much like graduate seminars, by seeking a diverse range… Continue reading »
“They did it. They really did it.”
From the Guardian: They did it. They really did it. So often crudely caricatured by others, the American people yesterday stood in the eye of history and made an emphatic choice for change for themselves and the world. Though bombarded by a blizzard of last-minute negative advertising that should shame the Republican party, American voters… Continue reading »
