David Simon Explains How Paths of Glory Influenced The Wire
At Penguin Classics on Air, David Simon explains how Stanley Kubrick’s film Paths of Glory–and the Humphrey Cobb novel it was based on–influenced his epic crime drama The Wire. (Via). Tagged: Art,...
View ArticleSome Annotations on the First Sentence of William Gaddis’s Last Novel, Agapē...
1. Let’s start with the what: Agapē Agape is the last novel by William Gaddis, that underread titan who gave us The Recognitions and J R. Agapē Agape was published in 2002, four years after Gaddis’s...
View ArticleBook Shelves #30, 7.21.2012
Book shelves series #30, thirtieth Sunday of 2012 See a full length shot of this book shelf (or don’t). Lots of publication series editions here, including this batch of Melville House Art of the...
View ArticleDirty Northern Bastard — Harland Miller
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View ArticleA bicentennial edition of Jane Austen’s Emma from Penguin Classics
Last month, to mark its bicentennial, Penguin Classics published a deluxe edition of Jane Austen’s novel Emma. It’s a beautiful, hefty book, with deckle edges, French flaps, and a cool cover by Dadu...
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