Four centuries of the King James
The King James Bible, “the founding text of the British Empire,” will soon be four hundred years old.
The King James Bible, “the founding text of the British Empire,” will soon be four hundred years old.
Susan Orlean hired someone to call daily and ask how her book is coming. “Guilt works,” she says. Agreed. I have a reciprocal daily check-in deal with the typewriter-clattering Carrie Frye.
“All that great writing, trapped in mediocre books!” Elif Batuman takes on creative writing programs in the latest London Review of Books. (See also.) Batuman’s blog is a delight.
Biographer James Campbell calls for a fully annotated edition of James Baldwin’s correspondence.
My Cracker Barrel ornament story will be included in the Significant Objects book, forthcoming next year from Fantagraphics.