We’ve covered The New York Times Bookends column before. This week, Benjamin Moser and Year in Reading alumna Rivka Galchen discuss unforgivable sins in literature.
Unforgivable Sins
Obama’s Books
In support of "Small Business Saturday," President Obama took his daughters shopping for books at Kramerbooks in D.C. So, which books made it to the register?
Little Beasties
Recommended Viewing: Over at The New Yorker, Comma Queen Mary Norris tackles the big question we didn't know we needed answered -- what pronouns do you use for your pets?
Our Sources are Reliable
Wikipedia states that its ultimate mission is to collect all the knowledge in the world. The biases of its users may earn the site a few jabs, but if a number of studies which compare the site’s articles to those of professional encyclopedias are reliable indicators, its content is accurate enough to satisfy the needs of most users. But now the whole project may be in trouble for a simple and very odd reason -- it's apparently done so well that most of its contributors have gone home.
US of Grey
"New York: Ana and Christian explore bondage in the back of a New York City taxi cab. The driver confuses Ana’s safe word for their destination and mistakenly drops them off at the 'Guggenheim.'" At The Morning News, Sean Tabb imagines how Fifty Shades of Grey could be adapted for every state.
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An Act of Creation and Destruction
Recommended Listening: David Naimon interviews Year in Reading alumnus Jesse Ball about his latest book, How to Set a Fire and Why—one of the most anticipated books of 2016.
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New Borges Editions
These new Penguin Classics editions of Jorge Luis Borges' essays and poetry make a nice set, with the covers of each of the five books displaying a different rendering of Borges' portrait.
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