The polygamous reader: bigamy and libraries in rural Florida
Henry Betsey Jr., a Floridian passionate about 19th-century literature, maintained three simultaneous marriages and vast libraries in each home until his bigamy was uncovered.
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Byung-Chul Han, or how philosophy became an airport bestseller
Byung-Chul Han, winner of the Princess of Asturias Award, turns philosophy into a bestseller with existential aphorisms that seduce the urban creative class.
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The Unemployed Reader’s Wet Dream
Two years have passed since Luna Miguel’s performance of reading in silence for 48 hours, turning reading into a challenge to banality.
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Cuban poetry attempts to enter a Miami prison
A volume of Cuban poetry, an anthology of uncomfortable verses, remains confiscated in a Miami-Dade prison, destined for reggaeton artist Chocolate MC.
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The last gas lamps in Westminster
The London Gasketeers, on a melancholic crusade, fight to save Westminster’s gas lamps from the invasion of LED lights.
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Bette Davis divorced for reading too much
Bette Davis was divorced in 1938 by her husband Harmon O. Nelson, who argued that “she reads too much,” prioritizing her library and career over her marital duties.
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Sodom and Gomorrah: Another Blunder of Science?
Science tried to explain Sodom and Gomorrah with an apocalyptic meteorite, but its study crashed and burned due to “clear errors.” Moral: without a foolproof bibliography, divine punishment and scientific theories fade faster than a meteorite at a council of skeptics.
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California book club finishes ‘Finnegans Wake’
After 30 years of epic patience, a California book club completed Finnegans Wake, tackling one page monthly amid debates, tears, and coffee.