Conrad Signals,The Liar (2014) Server Signs

By Sadie Stein August 10, 2012

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Because it is Friday, a Joseph Conrad bat signal.

A pair of Irish researchers have determined that Homer’s epics are (partially) based in fact. “We’re not saying that this or that actually happened, or even that the individual people portrayed in the stories are real … We are saying that the overall society (that emerges from the stories) and interactions between characters seem realistic.”

The son of John Steinbeck has publicly objected to the invocation ofOf Mice and Men to justify the Texas execution of a mentally handicapped man.

Celebrate Julia Child’s centenary with these ten titles.

If you wish to rakishly mix your media, here is how to make a screen saver from your favorite book cover.

The secret language of restaurants; or, how your waiter knows who gets what.

And how did you celebrate Book Lover’s Day?

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