“A Reverse Fahrenheit 451997 Archives” and Other News
On the Shelf
- Sharon Olds, Lena Dunham, and Jennifer Egan on The Bell Jar.
- Dark horse Antonio Munoz Molina wins the Jerusalem Book Prize.
- Little-known books, blockbuster adaptations: a bittersweet colloquy.
- The romance author Jessica Blair is really an eighty-nine-year-old vet named Bill, who has no problem with his nom de plume.
- In “a reverse Fahrenheit 451,” firefighters carry books to safety.
