Archive for May, 2007

Caro bello amore dolce

Pia Z. Ehrhardt writes adultery stories like nobody else. There’s a new one, “Tell Me in Italian,” in the latest Narrative. (Subscription is free.)

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The death of thee

Works of Melville and Hawthorne spur an inquiry into Americans’ historical use of “thee” and “thou.”

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Bulgakov fiesta

As a Russian publisher puts out a complete set of the many editions of Master and Margarita, TEV points to Middlebury’s M&M site, which includes maps, timelines, and more.

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Dirty books, and clean

Martin Konrad’s Dirty Books is a conceptual series highlighting constraints on freedom of expression. The artist covered each book with critical quotes that greeted it upon publication, and with references to past and continuing abuses, including “burning, tearing apart, locking away, hiding.” (Via La Petite Claudine.)   In related news, last week a school board member in Illinois District 128 . . .

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