Little Is Known
Take THAT, eBooks!
Writing for Ploughshares, Sean Bishop ranks ten poetry presses by the quality of their cover designs.
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature posits that human violence is becoming less and less common in civilized culture. If your interest was piqued by the book's review in The New York Times, you will no doubt be interested in his Edge Master Class as well.
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B|ta’arof Magazine Launches
B|ta'arof Magazine recently launched its inaugural issue. The publication arrives “in response to the absence of a printed space, in English, for social comment, reflection and shared experience among the Iranian community.” You can preview the first issue and read their calls for submissions on their website, and I also encourage you to read up on the magazine’s Persian namesake.
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Reading at Wimbledon
Though it's long been known as the gentleman's sport, tennis seems to be slipping a little bit in its cultural refinement. Melville House has a blog post on the reading habits of elite players, and they're spotty at best, though Dostoyevsky, Nietzsche and Camus are all mentioned, as are J.K. Rowling, Tolkien and, simply, "newspapers."
The Atheist Had It Coming
Has something dreadful happened at the bus stop? Are you running late for the revival? These are a few of the many ways to tell whether or not you're actually living inside of a short story by Flannery O'Connor.
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