30-year feud put aside for 100 Years’ anniversary
Vargas Llosa contributes a prologue to a reissue of García Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. The authors haven’t spoken since coming to blows in 1976. (Also via.)
Vargas Llosa contributes a prologue to a reissue of García Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. The authors haven’t spoken since coming to blows in 1976. (Also via.)
New geological evidence may help historians pinpoint ancient Ithaca, home of Homer’s Odysseus. (Via.)
The American Dialect Society has voted “plutoed” the word of the year.
Iran allows Christians, Jews, and others to swear on their own holy books. Some U.S. politicians have called for less religious freedom here.
Tillie Olsen’s granddaughter asks fans to gather and remember the author’s work on her birthday, January 14. Read the family’s obituary here.