Recommended Viewing: Alejandro Cartagena’s photo series, “The Car Poolers.”
What’s In the Trunk?
Kafka’s Century
Kafka's The Metamorphosis has officially hit the century mark, and over at The Guardian Richard T. Kelly celebrates with "100 thoughts for 100 years." Pair with our own Matt Seidel's thoughts on rereading Kafka's masterpiece, which you can find here.
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They’re Burning Books
in the film version of Fahrenheit 451. In the New York Times this week the director Ramin Bahrani talks about his love of books, how he decided which books to turn in the film and why he wanted to bring this novel to the small screen in the first place. It will air on HBO next Saturday (May 19th).
New Models for Publishing
A very thoughtful essay by Millions contributor Patrick at his home base, the Vromans bookstore blog. The nut of the piece is the idea that publishers can and should create stronger brand identities. Patrick points out some publishers that are already doing this, and there's some great stuff in the comments as well. The piece is a reaction to an equally interesting essay from if:book.
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The Science of Language and Creativity
At the Philadelphia Inquirer, neurologists look at cases where serious brain injury has actually brought about higher levels of creativity in artists, particularly where linguistic ability is harmed. “Language is the bully of the brain," [one neurologist] says. "It takes up its own space and if something else gets crowded out, too bad." (via Book Bench)
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Almighty Beyoncé
"O Unslaked Bill Maher, is it true that everything sucks? It probably is, but I didn’t think we were supposed to know that yet." Fathers of pre-teen girls appeal to higher powers of various, disparate denominations over at McSweeney's.
Where Every Novel Takes Place
Electric Literature has posted a "Map of the City Where Every Novel Takes Place," so now you can know exactly how to get from Middlemarch to The Jungle Book via Jurassic Park.
My Struggle Continues
Ben Parker has published a review in The Los Angeles Review of Books of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle: Book Four, which was recently translated by Don Bartlett. Read Knausgaard’s thoughts on repetition and its reflections in the natural world at The Millions.
Great series of photos. Mexicans are the hardest working people I know and willing to put up with a lot of inconveniences.
Johanna van Zanten