Liberator, or builder of gilded cage?
Three takes on Jane Austen: Why the fuss? Inventor of female self-worth? Oh, give it a rest, will you?
Three takes on Jane Austen: Why the fuss? Inventor of female self-worth? Oh, give it a rest, will you?
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 fucking date in . . .
While I wait for the caffeine to kick-start my brain, please enjoy — or, if you prefer, be outraged by — this (kinda NSFW) defaced Huck Finn picture. (Larger version here.) An engraver modified the image plate, and the illustration made it into the novel’s first printing. Fortunately someone noticed before any Victorians suffered heart attacks. Late in November of . . .
Sugar, designed for the One Laptop per Child project, represents “the first complete rethinking of the computer user interface” since 1984. (Slide show.)
A Namesake film spin-off book opens with short essays by Lahiri and director Mira Nair.