Insults from all over

“Tell us, Bint Majzoub, which of your husbands was the best?”

Screening Sex Reviewed in Bookforum

For those who object to the rise of pornography studies as an academic subfield or balk at paying astronomical tuition so their kids can watch people boink on-screen for course credit, Linda Williams is the one to blam

Interview with Geoffrey C. Kabat

In other cases, a scare can arise due to anecdotal reports of adverse health effect

Belinda Webb: A Clockwork Apple

There’s an old idiom that states you can’t compare apples to oranges but in the case of Belinda Webb’s A Clockwork Apple (2008) you can’t help compare it to Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange, purely because it follows the source so closely.

Dylan Thomas Prize longlist

They’ve announced the 14-title strong longlist for the £60,000 Dylan Thomas Prize for young writers (under-thirties only)

Who are scientists?

The July 6 Boston Globe published an enlightening interview with Steven Shapin, Harvard professor of the History of Science and author of the forthcoming book The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation.

Philip Roth’s Indignation (2008): First Extended Review

Indignation, a story of sexual survelliance in God-fearing America, revisits the same war and the same fear. Fear, in fact, underlies the actions of nearly every character.

Szentkuthy Miklós profile | Mansarda review …

At hlo József J. Fekete profiles ‘the Proteus of Hungarian literature’, Szentkuthy Miklós (1908–1988), in Outprousting Proust

Scribner, Fall 2008

Coming in September 2008 Fine Just the Way It Is by Annie Proulx. This short-story collection was pushed back from the summer. Coming in October 2008 A Most Wanted Man by John Le Carré. He's back with Scribner after a short foray to Little Brown.

The Most Anticipated Books of the Rest of 2008

There are many, many intriguing books on the docket for the next six months, but these are some of the most notable.

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