April 2012
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“31 percent of the men who graduated Oxford in 1913 were killed.”
– On today’s Fresh Air, historian Adam Hochschild explains why WWI was different than other major conflicts: “It was different because it was the tradition in most of the major countries for upper-class young men to have military careers, and then it became those young captains and lieutenants.” (via...
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WatchOur pals at Fortnight Journal have a pretty impressive video series on the history of letterpress and typography.
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“He’s an atheist, right?”
– Mel Gibson, on Christopher Hitchens. (via theatlantic)
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WatchOn animation and myth.
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WatchYour friendly artisanal pencil sharpener.
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“By making the de facto statement that no work of fiction last year deserved...”
– At The Morning News, Tournament of Books commentators Kevin Guilfoile and John Warner look at this year’s lack of a Pulitzer for fiction.
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“Though this novel is set in the Pacific Northwest, I began thinking about it...”
– Largehearted Boy: Book Notes - Nick Dybek “When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man”
This Year's Pulitzer Winners, With Excerpts and... →
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The Picador Book Room: Literary Songs For... →
picadorbookroom:
Every few months, a new Spotify playlist about books/authors/writing seems to make the rounds. It’s always the same fifteen songs, though: something by The Police, some Ryan Adams; “Catcher in the Rye” by Guns N’ Roses.
And I can’t see “Hey Jack Kerouac” (by 10,000 Maniacs) listed again. Not…
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Robert Caro’s Painstaking Process - Slide Show -... →
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