The question of who will take over The New York Review of Books when Robert Silvers passes the torch is a good one. Surely it’s one of the most desirable jobs in all of publishing.
The NYRB Mantle
The Many Lives of Yoram Kaniuk
“After receiving a hundred of his letters, meeting him fifteen times, either at his apartment on Bilu Street or at a Tel Aviv café, and receiving too many calls from his cell phone to ever hope to return, I gave up trying to count the number of times that Yoram Kaniuk had died.” Nicole Krauss remembers her relationship with Israeli writer Yoram Kaniuk, author of The Last Jew, in her obituary for The New Yorker.
The Versatile PhD
Attention disenchanted graduate students and adjunct professors: There is life and work beyond the ivory tower for doctors of philosophy. If you're interested in exploring this world of non-professing work, check out the new website The Versatile PhD.
Appearing Elsewhere
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Herta Müller’s Nobel Lecture
Herta Müller's Nobel Lecture is now available in translation.
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The Books They Gave Me
It's voyeuristic, confessional, cathartic, and sometimes downright funny. It's The Books They Gave Me, a Tumblr where people share the books their exes gave as gifts.