Michael Dirda on the “new” Nabokov: “Posthumous collection of rough drafts and authorial notes” Link.
Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Michael Dirda on the “new” Nabokov: “Posthumous collection of rough drafts and authorial notes” Link.
Would Roald Dahl have liked Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox? His widow thinks yes, James Parker disagrees…
Video of a surprisingly long Philip Roth interview with Tina Brown of the Daily Beast.
From the department of unlikely quotes, here’s E.B White (Strunk & White): “I hate the guts of English grammar” Link.
Plagiarism Software Finds a New Shakespeare Play. Link
Norman Rush has nothing but praise for James Ellroy in the NYRB.
A (slightly older) review from the LA Times of Blood’s a Rover. (“Vintage Ellroy”)
James Ellroy “knocks it out of the park” in Blood’s a Rover. Review from the Seattle Times.