An exciting new bookshop that shut down after three weeks (on purpose). A young man who helped a branch of the previous bookshop go out of business.
The logical (but not necessarily pleasant) conclusion of the “Jane Austen remix” trend.
A short history of the heavy-metal umlaut.
Imaginary movie posters for David Foster Wallace fans.
The continuing battle over the moral effect of young-adult fiction.
The new editor of the world’s most important newspaper, and her book about puppies.
Some polite corrections to the New Yorker swearing piece I linked last week.
Libraries dying that a golf course may live.
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