Flushed with cash after the runaway success of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the Harvard University Press has decided to offer a 20% discount off two dozen works on capitalism and its discontents. Get to it while the gettin’s good.
Harvard University Press’s Redistribution of Wealth
Stephenie Meyer’s Body Snatchers
A mini-excerpt from Stephenie Meyer's bestseller for adults, The Host, just out in paperback.
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The Art of the Novella
Taylor Antrim at the Daily Beast explores the art and business of the novella, and offers up a few recent “unexpectedly revelatory” suggestions.
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That’s What She Said
"It is so chic to be an author. To be known for one's writing is to be truly known, do you not think?" Mindy Kaling states in the beginning of B.J. Novak's French New Wave satire book trailer. Novak isn't just Ryan from The Office, he also writes fiction. His short story collection, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories, will be out February 4th, but in the meantime, you can read an excerpt at NPR.
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Will the Real Philip Roth Please Stand Up?
Breaking news: turns out Philip Roth doesn't actually have a Twitter account.
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Newt’s Civil War Book
Newt Gingrich's recent rise in Republican primary polls has occurred in tandem with the release of his historical novel set in the Civil War. The result? Gingrich writes a notorious massacre out of his book, The Battle of the Crater.
A Slumbering Rooster Begins to Twitch
2010 is soon to be over. That means that The Morning News Tournament of Books is almost upon us. Two excellent developments this year: 1) the folks behind the Rooster have released the longlist of titles under consideration to make the final 16 (including The Singer's Gun by our own Emily St. John Mandel) and 2) they have left one judging spot open that you (you!) can apply to fill.