Recommended Viewing: Alejandro Cartagena’s photo series, “The Car Poolers.”
What’s In the Trunk?
Death of a Library
No matter what you think of the bookish offspring of the OED’s word of the year, you should know that Neil Gaiman gave the term "shelfie" some more press. While moving out of his house, the author took a “tragic shelfie,” aka a picture of his books packed away in boxes. (Related: our own Tess Malone reviewed Gaiman's latest book.) (h/t The Paris Review)
Ask a Librarian
"Is it possible to keep an octopus in a private home?" "Are Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates the same person?" Oh, the things people have asked reference librarians.
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Keep It in Your Pants and out of the Plot
Terrible sex writing spans the globe according to this year's Bad Sex Award shortlist. It includes: My Education by Susan Choi, The Last Banquet by Jonathan Grimwood, House of Earth by Woody Guthrie, Motherland by William Nicholson, The Victoria System by Eric Reinhardt, The World Was All Before Them by Matthew Reynolds, The City of Devi by Manil Suri, and Secrecy by Rupert Thomson. The winner will be announced on December 3.
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The Oracle
John Warner is today reprising his popular book-recommending engine (i.e. his brain), that he unveiled to great effect during the Tournament of Books earlier this year.
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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