Ruth Franklin rises to the defense of much-maligned (and newly retranslated) Emma Bovary.
Madame Bovary, Say Wha?
NYRB Fall Preview
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Meeting Mr. Jacobson
"A funny thing happened when Howard Jacobson won the Man Booker Prize last Tuesday... a smattering of people who were not even related to Mr. Jacobson stood and cheered." A profile of the new Booker winner and an exploration of his winning book, The Finkler Question, in the New York Times.
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Malcolm Gladwell: Collected
The New York Times best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell recognizes that printed books can be beautiful, covetable objects that enhance the experience of reading. He hired Brian Rea, a frequent Times Magazine illustrator, and Paul Sahre, a designer who also frequently contributes to the magazine, to collaborate on the visuals for a new box set, Malcolm Gladwell: Collected.
Evaluate The Integral of Genius
“Courage is not a word I’d use to describe a lot of today’s fiction. Writing, M.F.A. students are often told, is a messy exploration of the self. The result can be a suffocating narcissism, a lack of interest in the kind of extrapolation and exploration that is necessary to both mathematics and literature.” At Page-Turner, Alexander Nazaryan urges young writers to learn math.
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It’s All Volapük To Me
"'A language without umlauts,' he wrote, 'sounds monotonous, harsh, and boring.'" If Esperanto just doesn't have enough umlauts, Volapük just might be the right made-up language for you.
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You’re (Printed In) Carcosa Now
The Only RX Press is calling for short stories between 1,000 and 3,000 words “related to or inspired by True Detective.” (Related: Our own Ujala Sehgal recommended five crime novels in which the women are the true detectives.)
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Saturday Fiction with Faber and Gay
You can listen to stories by Michel Faber and Roxane Gay over at WNYC’s website. Gay’s piece, which is performed by Adepero Oduye, was recently selected to appear in The Best American Short Stories.
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