Brace for revision of Japanese history
The Japanese government plans to open the country’s imperial tombs. Marie Mockett wonders whether the things inside will undermine textbook history.
The Japanese government plans to open the country’s imperial tombs. Marie Mockett wonders whether the things inside will undermine textbook history.
Earlier this week, The Elegant Variation mentioned a new Primo Levi story, “Bear Meat.” Evidently it’s one of 17 works of fiction that appear in the forthcoming A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories of Primo Levi and were first published in Italian between 1949 and 1986. If you’re unfamiliar with Levi, read up at The Modern Word site. I’m especially partial . . .
Just before Xmas, Bush issued another signing statement, this time “declar[ing] his right to open people’s mail under emergency conditions.” See also.
Seventy years ago today, Elizabeth Bishop wrote to Marianne Moore from a fishing camp in south Florida.
The distributor for 150 independent presses has filed for Chapter 11. See also: the fallout.