January 10, 2011
A Maecenas for the Internet Age The Wall Street Journal celebrates the legacy of the late Denis Dutton, a writer, philosopher, and the creator of the popular website Arts & Letters Daily. Offering readers fresh daily links to the very best writing on books and culture, Dutton built ALD as an “elite meritocracy” that gave equal […]
December 23, 2010
Hail, Santa, King of the Elves! Gift wrapped from McSweeney’s comes this clever collection of letters to Santa written by Shakespeare characters including Hamlet, Ophelia, Macbeth, and Falstaff. Who new Romeo and Juliet were such big Taylor Swift fans? A Cult Writer’s Cult Writer The life and works of reclusive True Grit author Charles Portis are examined in […]
December 13, 2010
Giving Away Your Books as a Final Farewell Playwright Ed Schmidt performs his new play, titled, “My Last Play,” in his Brooklyn home. A one-man show about why he is leaving the theatre and during the course of which he gives away books to the audience drawn from his 2,000 volume personal library. Travels Without […]
