An arsonist broke into the University of Missouri’s Ellis Library, but Robert Long Foreman‘s dismayed for more than that reason.
Burning Libraries
Koestler the Dangerous Intellectual
The Times Literary Supplement profiles Darkness at Noon author Arthur Koestler as an iconic “Dangerous Intellectual”: "'My analysis ... is: one third genius, one third blackguard and one third lunatic ...'”
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Cruel Months
Why is it "The Waste Land" and not "The Wasteland?" Poetry investigates.
History of Color
Over at Hyperallergic, Chris Cobb explores color photographs of racial segregation from a recently rediscovered collection by Gordon Parks.
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The Perils of Contact
The Perils of 'Contact Me': in an essay in the New York Times, Ben Yagoda wonders whether authors have made themselves too accessible to readers.
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