Lethem assists in revival of favorite comic
Jonathan Lethem will create the story for Marvel’s revived Omega the Unknown.
Jonathan Lethem will create the story for Marvel’s revived Omega the Unknown.
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.
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 . . .
The Smart Set is a weekly feature, compiled by Lauren Cerand, that usually appears Mondays at 12:30pm and highlights the best of the week to come. Special favor is given to New York’s independent booksellers and venues, and low-cost and free events. Please send details to lauren [at] maudnewton.com by the Thursday prior to publication, with the date in the . . .
Tragedy moved Amy Hempel to write. When she was 19, “her mother killed herself and within a year her mother’s sister did the same.”