Arts and Letters Daily
- Deconstructing De ManDeconstruction is dead. So why the interest in Paul de Man? Because his end marked the end of something that transcended theory… more» […]
- Is philosophy obsolete?An ascendant view holds that while philosophy may pose important questions, progress isn’t possible until science provides answers. That view is wrong… more» […]
- Want to reboot civilization?In the event of a mega-catastrophe, a civilization-erasing event, what is the most important piece of knowledge for humans to preserve?… more» […]
- Pikeety and Millennial MarxistsCapitalism’s new critics. On one side are the sad young literary Marxists flogging journals and tweets. On the other, the self-appointed masters of data… more» […]
- Categorical ImperativeHis work was censored by the Nazis, his studio bombed by the Allies. Still, the photographer August Sander was intent on finishing an unfinishable project… more» […]
- The missing BorgesFew copies remain of the first edition of Borges‘s first published book. So when a copy turned up in late 1999, suspicions were aroused… more» […]
- Watching boxing with PicassoGrowing up surreal. Boxing with Picasso, fleeing Nazis with Duchamp and Man Ray: For Cécile Éluard, daughter of Paul Éluard, life has never been dull… more» […]
- How Kafka livedTo those who fancy the term “Kafkaesque,” Cynthia Ozick retorts: You don’t know Kafka. Your take is “reductiveness posing as revelation”… more» […]
- Shakespeare’s GlobeRioting, kidnapping, breaking and entering, violence: For Elizabeth Russell, warfare was a way of life, as Shakespeare learned the hard way… more» […]
The Local Book News
- Pandora sued by record labels for copyright infringementThis will be interesting to watch. If songs recordered before 1972 are in fact protected by state laws, this could be big. And it may not just be for music, it may end up applying to books and other creative works, as well. Pandora has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit by major record […]
- Antibiotics Have Turned Our Bodies From Gardens Into BattlefieldsThis is a really good interview by Wired with Microbiologist Martin Blaser about his new book and the overuse of antibiotics. We’re in the midst of an extinction crisis, and it doesn’t involve Siberian tigers. Microbiologist Martin Blaser of New York University School of Medicine says that many species of germs are disappearing from our […]
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinThere’s a new story at Old Musty Books referencing an Interview with Gabrielle Zevin. Thirty-nine year old widower A.J. Fikry is an unlikely romantic hero: He’s cranky, he drinks too much, his bookstore is failing and don’t get him started on the state of publishing. He’s also at the center of Gabrielle Zevin’s new novel, […]
- As whiskey market consolidates, a skirmish in TennesseeMarch 27th was International Whiskey Day. As the years go by, multinational corporations have made the name of this ‘holiday’ more appropriate than it was the last year. Here’s the story: Happy International Whiskey Day — a day with a name that gets more appropriate with each passing year as multinational corporations continue to strengthen […]
- Check your Email: Amazon Partial Refund from SettlementOld Musty Books has a reminder post that if you are an Amazon customer, you probably have a partial credit in your email for books purchased from Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins Publishers LLC., Hachette Book Group, Macmillan and Penguin Group of Pearson. You don’t have to actually check your email, as the credit will be […]
