Please welcome the newest Millions reader: Amos O’Driscoll Hallberg, born Saturday morning. Congrats Garth!
Auspicious Beginnings
Write This Down
"Does handwriting matter?" That's the question some researchers are working to answer and that Maria Konnikova tackles in a piece for The New York Times. The article ends by suggesting that “with handwriting, the very act of putting it down forces you to focus on what’s important... maybe it helps you think better," which is doubtlessly encouraging to every writer who works on their drafts in longhand.
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Save the Languages
Researchers at Comanche Nation College and Texas Tech University are creating a digital archive to reconstruct the Comanche language before its 25 remaining speakers die out. Meanwhile, researchers from Moscow State University and the Russian Academy of Sciences have recorded audio and video footage of twenty isolated Alaskans who speak a unique form of the Russian language. (Bonus: An Australian researcher recently uncovered a whole new Aboriginal dialect.)
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Sainthood Etc.
Need something to complement our profile of Jami Attenberg’s Saint Mazie today? Then try this on for size: Year in Reading alum Emily Gould conducts an interview with the author at The Rumpus. Among other things, they talk about historical fiction, writing quickly and doing research on the Lower East Side.
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The Peripatetic
Over the past fifteen years, Mohsin Hamid has moved from New York, to London, and to Lahore, Pakistan, with stints in Italy and Greece. His new book, which came out yesterday, is a series of essays about his odyssey across the world, chronicling his observations and experiences that led him to move. At Bookforum, a review by Jake Lamar.
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Franz Kafka: The Video Game
I hope the Franz Kafka video game isn't anything like the Franz Kafka airport.
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Pale King Pre-Orders
David Foster Wallace's final novel, The Pale King, is now available for pre-order. 432 pages. (via)
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Congratulations, Garth! I assume he’s already learned to read, right? ;)
Congrats, Garth! If this is your first – it’s difficult but fun. Enjoy every minute.
(aka The Texas Troll)