Late last week, a friend forwarded a press release entitled “Publication Date Set for ‘Manhattan Madam’ Tell-All EBook.” It announces that Kristin Davis’ “biographical peak inside NYC’s sex-industry” will go on sale February 20. Says my friend, “‘EBook’ in the headline of the press release? Classy. But perhaps it’s shrewd — no shameful shuffling in the checkout line, no awkward . . .
DNA testing could unlock the secrets of medieval manuscripts. (Via.)
Mary Gaitskill talks with Bookforum’s Kera Bolonik. Also in the new issue: Lehmann on Oblomov, Sarvas on Haskell, and more.
Like the Pushkinskaya and Chekhovskaya stations before it, Dostoevskaya station takes inspiration from its namesake’s work.
Museum-going tends to happen when Max and I have visitors, and with A. in town the past week has been a whirlwind of white corridors, polished floors, and hushed galleries. At the MOMA, I was finally able to see Rem Koolhaas’ 1972 architectural thesis, Exodus, or The Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture, in full. In this project, the Dutch architect envisons . . .