The environmental movement is gearing up for 2012, with today being the fiftieth anniversary of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.
50th Anniversary of “Silent Spring”
“His choice solidifies the role of the artist or poet in his/her city.”
Katie Smither explains the recent hullabaloo over poet CAConrad's ejection from the Philadelphia Magazine offices. The poet even appears in the article's comments to explain his side of the events.
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Tuesday New Release Day: Murakami; Lively; Lehane; Toibin; Lepucki
Out this week: Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami; The Purple Swamp Hen by Penelope Lively; Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane; House of Names by Colm Toibin; and Woman No. 17 by our own Edan Lepucki. For more on these and other new titles, go read our most recent book preview.
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No Bill the Butcher?
If Martin Scorsese develops a TV series based on Gangs of New York but it doesn’t feature Daniel Day-Lewis or Leonardo DiCaprio, will anybody watch it?
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Glam-sein
Selected wisdom from the Twitter feed of Kim Kierkegaardashian.
Hughes and Plath Interviewed
Recommended Listening: A 1961 BBC interview with Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Pair with our review of Ted Hughes: The Unauthorized Life.
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“In matters like writing[…], a man does what he has to do—if he has to write, why then, he writes”
Rebecca Davis O'Brien unearths a letter in which Malcolm Cowley tackles the timeless question, "Should I get an MFA?" Just as poignant as Cowley's letter is novelist Helen DeWitt's pointed dismissal of Cowley's advice in the comments section.
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Sorry Rachel – the 50th anniversary of Silent Spring publication is next year – Sept. 2012.