Watch beloved bookseller at Iowa City’s Prairie Lights Paul Ingram talk about this season’s best hardcovers. I loved getting his recommendations in person, and this is almost–almost!–as good. (via.)
New Hardcovers with Paul Ingram
Ashbery Goes Digital
"Of all the literary genres, poetry has proved the most resistant to digital technology, not for stodgy cultural reasons but for tricky mechanical ones." Looks like that might be changing, however, as Open Road releases Flow Chart, Your Name Here and 15 other John Ashbery digital poetry collections.
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Biblieauphilia
The Book Bench comes up with a list of perfumes inspired by novels, from Essence of Mrs. Dalloway to Middlesex Scented Oil.
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“She’s such a Hermione”
You probably knew a Lothario was a character before his name grew into a generic euphemism for "Guy You Don't Want Your Daughter Dating," but what about "brainiac," "mentor," and "pamphlet"? It turns out character names have been making their way into everyday vocabulary for thousands of years.
David Simon Working on a Pogues Musical
The Wire creator David Simon is at work on a Pogues musical, reports Rolling Stone. Where will they possibly find a Broadway star with the right teeth to play Shane MacGowan?