1. Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is the editor of a book of essays titled Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform. That's what you call an attention-getting title. Here's the bac... »
Bloomberg Businessweek’s cover story this week drills into Amazon’s effort to upend the book industry by moving into the publishing business. The piece by Brad Stone tells the story of Larry Kirshbaum, the former Time Warner Book Group chief who is now... »
1. The Chicago Tribune notes that e-books aren't the great deal they used to be: Cheap new e-readers are expected to be one of the hottest gifts this holiday season. But new owners of Kindles and Nooks may be in for sticker shock on Christmas morning: ... »
1. Tonight, you have two events that could scarcely be more opposite: Frank Close reads at Town Hall from his book The Infinity Puzzle, which is about the Large Hadron Collider and the search for the Higgs boson. And then University Book Store hosts in... »
