Wolcott’s literary perp walk
“Every time [Francine Prose] brings out a new book (she is depressingly diligent), I find myself grumbling, ‘Her again?’”
“Every time [Francine Prose] brings out a new book (she is depressingly diligent), I find myself grumbling, ‘Her again?’”
Zeebah unearths a strange but fascinating collection of insulting Victorian valentines. Here’s one featuring a lithographic printer.
In J.M. Coetzee’s forthcoming novel, Diary of a Bad Year, an aging writer contributes to a volume called Strong Opinions. (Via.)
Lethem’s “The Esctasy of Influence” examines the collision between intellectual property law and the “plundered, fragmentary state” of literature (and culture generally).