It turns out that Books & Bars is a good source for Hollywood gossip, as well as a fun evening out. Word is out that Natalie Portman will both produce and star in a film adaptation of the spoof/mashup Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance -- Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!. Author … Continue reading M&Q is Your Source for Breaking News
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The Making of…
The Utne Reader's "Great Writing" blog clued me in to this article in Poets & Writers. It tells the story behind the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary With Additional Material from a Thesaurus of Old English, published earlier this year by Oxford University Press. (Read more about that here.)P&W includes news of a … Continue reading The Making of…
Checking It Twice
Here's a gift for the book collector on your list. This reproduction of Thomas Jefferson's bookstand let the polymath president consult five volumes at once.Buy one here, but be warned: innovation in solid mahogany doesn't come cheap.--David E
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