The Obama library
Bookmarked for later reading: Laura Miller highlights some of the formative books in Obama’s intellectual and political life.
Bookmarked for later reading: Laura Miller highlights some of the formative books in Obama’s intellectual and political life.
Last week a publishing CEO typed a few excited words about a celebrity manuscript into his Twitter feed. Although he seemed a little nonplussed when Publisher’s Weekly reported and pored over the entry, you didn’t hear Lynne Spears or her agent complaining. The discussion since has centered on Twitter’s potential as a buzz-builder, but online small talk, especially pre-deal, is . . .
The creator of Google’s new book-recommendations bot promises infallibility. I’m not holding my breath. (Thanks, Max.)
Last summer I lugged my copy of Iris Murdoch’s The Black Prince all the way from Brooklyn, through Tennessee, to Oxford, Mississippi, without so much as opening it. Probably a good thing, because that was a social trip, and when I finally started reading the novel over the long weekend that just passed, I ended up shunning people and the . . .
Hilary Mantel once dreamed a whole short story. (Via.) Another dream she describes, about a library, reminds me vaguely of this.