Greetings From the Biblioracle
Today we welcome back the Biblioracle, who takes the last five books you read and recommends what to read next.
Archive
A collection of 14256 issues
Literary Boundaries?
When I received notice of Dalkey Archive Press’s Summer sale, it reminded me I just don’t do enough for those noble publishing houses like Dalkey, Archipelago, and Open Letter, all of whom publish excellent and important literature from around our troubled planet—in other words, literature in translation.
War Is Queer
James Lord (Mythic Giacometti), memoirist of a certain artistic set that included Gertrude Stein, Picasso, and Giacometti, died recently. His fourth memoir, My Queer War (FSG), deals with his WWII army experiences, and as William Grimes quotes Lord from another time, “An autobiographer is in the business of doing for
26 May 2010: Afternoon
Obama sends 1200 troops to border-patrol; Cancun mayor arrested for trafficking. Doctor who spread autism-vaccine hokum discharged from General Medical Council for "dishonest," "misleading" research. Harvard professor spends 40% of his time chasing research grants. Central African lawyers prefer keeping anti-witch laws on
26 May 2010: Morning
Kingston under siege as Coke crisis continues; calm will come from legal acrobatics or Coke's consent. Tracking Jamaican unrest online. Mitchell is broadly optimistic about Middle East progress, urging "extreme risks" for peace. Syria's Assad: America has no influence, because it is doing nothing.
A Simple Flying Phobia
The air conditioner puckers as the door closes. The landing gear creaks as the plane departs the jetway. Above your head, the call button dings.
25 May 2010: Afternoon
American universities return the blood they took 40 years ago from a Brazilian tribe. Anti-aging supplements are most effective when taken in middle age. Researchers find supplementing testosterone in women creates less trust, more vigilance. How a caste system and male-dominated society perpetuate honor killings in India. Teacher
Renovating Fiction
Forgive me if you have a problem with me honoring another dead white man but, in my world, to ignore the publication of a book by Jorge Luis Borges, who died in 1986, would be entirely unforgivable. In this case, a new, compact anthology, Everything and Nothing (New Directions) by
At the Night Market
On a moonlit street in Brooklyn, merchants open the doors of their trucks and welcome an audience armed with curiosity and cupcakes.
25 May 2010: Morning
B.P. and other oil companies to retain control of the worsening oil mess. U.S. enlarges joint exercises with South Korea in order to rattle northern neighbors. No neighboring power really wants the North Korean population released from its awful misery. Adichie: Most Nigerians are libertarians, not ideologically but