November 19, 2006 Faced with a “see Librarian” note, the young John Waters stole Tennessee Williams’ One Arm, and reveled in the sexual confusion he found there. Read more
November 19, 2006 E.B. White told his biographer: “The horrid truth is, my life is not all that interesting. I keep falling asleep over it, even though it was my life.” Read more
November 19, 2006 The “Damaged Room” at Seattle’s new Fantagraphics bookstore will feature “heavily discounted and often out-of-print books unavailable anywhere else.” Read more
November 19, 2006 Blackwell offered early publishing opportunities to W.H. Auden, Graham Greene, J.R.R. Tolkien and Enid Blyton, but began as a small bookshop. Read more
November 19, 2006 Why does a search for Albert Camus’ The Stranger return an American study guide as the first result? A French historian poses this and other questions. Read more
