There’s an Apostrophe Protection Society, and it’s in crisis mode.
Aposthropocalypse
Islands: Remote and Suspicious
If you dug Judith Schalansky's Atlas of Remote Islands (a Millions Hall-of-Famer), you should check out cartographer Victoria Johnson's list of "suspicious-sounding islands."
The State of Book Reviews
At Poets & Writers, National Book Critics Circle board member Jane Ciabattari offers a 4,000-word look at where the dust has settled as newspaper book reviews have shrunk and online book sites have proliferated.
“Years passed.”
Recommended Reading: “So I Went Away” by Crapalachia author Scott McClanahan.
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Pre-Revolutionary Russia… In Living Color
Tsar Nicholas II commissioned Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky to document pre-revolutionary Russia. His color photographs taken between 1904 and 1916 are incredible.
Snowbound
Recommended Reading: Daniel Arnold’s Nervous Breakdown self-interview, which follows an excerpt of his new story collection, Snowblind.