At The Rumpus: illustrations by Harry Clarke for a 1925 edition of Goethe’s Faust.
Illustrated Goethe
Blogging the Caine Prize
The first installment in a series of bloggers reading through the shortlist of the Caine Prize for African Writing, Aaron Bady looks at Rotimi Babutunde's Bombay Republic [pdf]. A full list of participating bloggers is available at the bottom of Bady's post.
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Appearing Elsewhere: DFW Roundtable
Along with D.T. Max, Laura Miller, and Jason Kottke, I'll be participating in this week's discussion of Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace over at New York Magazine.
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Not My Best Work
In the early eighties, when the writer James Lasdun was working in publishing, he rejected a book by a writer who turned out to be a pen name for Doris Lessing. The fallout? He couldn’t bring himself to read her work until this year. (Related: our own Mark O'Connell's interview with Lasdun about his latest book.)
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Dies at 86
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, who served as publisher of The New York Times and as chairman and chief executive of The New York Times Company, died yesterday at the age of 86. Over at The New Yorker, you can check out an interesting round-up of recent articles they've done about Sulzberger and his 34-year-long tenure with the paper of record.
Stories With Grit
Open Road Media is highlighting a collection of “Stories With Grit,” which is composed of stories that “grab you by the collar, knock you around a bit.” They’ve shared excerpts from some of their favorites, but which ones would you recommend?
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