Can't remember much after about 8pm last night, but just found these on my desktop, so it must have been a good evening.
Unusual childrens' books
George Orwell's 1984 to be rewritten from a female perspective
George Orwell's estate has approved esteemed author Sandra Newman's feminist retelling of 1984 from the perspective of Julia, the lover of the original novel's primary protagonist Winston Smith. Newman's Julia will hit shelves next year. See you in Room 101! From The Guardian: In Julia by Sandra Newman, the incidents of Nineteen Eighty-Four are seen… READ THE REST
Anthony Bourdain on the Burroughs and Bowles trail to Morocco
In the 1950s, the original Beats—William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg—made their way to Morocco. Writer Paul Bowles was already there, and never really left. Read his Sheltering Sky to see it through his eyes. Tangier is where Burroughs penned most of Naked Lunch, captivated by the "interzone" (international zone) where nothing was true,… READ THE REST
Malcolm X's former prison cell to be library for incarcerated people
The Boston Globe reports that Reginald Dwayne Betts, a MacArthur Award-winning poet who himself spent eight years in prison, plans to convert a prison cell at MCI-Norfolk into a new "Freedom Library," as part of a grant project through the Mellon Foundation. Betts wants to build library spaces in prisons around the country, and while… READ THE REST
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Learn how to successfully launch your online store for just $35
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. With people feeling stranded inside their own homes during much of last year, one of the easiest ways to take things off their minds was by picking up a new hobby.… READ THE REST
Never break or lose a charger again: this device is the pinnacle of wireless charging
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. Anybody who's owned a phone charger, or any other charger with a small cord for headphones or a similar device, knows how quickly they can wear down. Not only that, but… READ THE REST
