Tales from a Finnish Tupa
It’s a frequently-cited notion that fairy tales and folk stories provide children with a sort of moral or educational compass. Don’t stray from the path. Don’t talk to strangers. Work hard and be honest. Don’t trust your stepmother. But while we may generally associate this literary form with children, it’s ...
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Reading the World Podcast #1
Over the past few months I’ve dropped hints here and there about the Reading the World podcast series that Erica Mena and I put together. We came up with the idea out of the last ALTA conference, and at the MLA convention this past December, we talked with a number of translators about their work and various issues ...
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Inaugural Queen SofÃa Spanish Institute Translation Prize Ceremony
Where: Queen SofÃa Spanish Institute, 684 Park Avenue, New York, NY Queen SofÃa Spanish Institute is proud to announce the upcoming presentation of its Inaugural Queen SofÃa Spanish Institute Translation Prize to Dr. Edith Grossman for her extraordinary 2008 translation of ‘A Manuscript of Ashes’ by Antonio Muñoz ...
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The Most Important Television Event of the Century
Begins tonight with the season six premiere of Lost. And of course, since I lost the TV in my divorce (grr!) and have my kids tonight (yah! except for the no going over to someone’s house to watch Lost aspect), I’ll have to wait until tomorrow or Thursday to actually see tonight’s episode . . . So if anyone ...
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"Giving the Fig"
I’m no marketing guru, but there is one rule of advertising that I think everyone should follow: if you dominate a market, never draw attention to your (smaller) competition. This is why Apple attacks Microsoft so directly in ads—for better or worse, Microsoft has a market share the size of a Chicagoan’s ...
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Indie Bookstores, Google Preview, and the Interwebs
Below is a special guest post from Jeff Waxman, bookseller at Seminary Co-op in Chicago (one of the five greatest indie bookstores in America) and managing editor of The Front Table. As someone who loves independent bookstores—and worked in them for years—I really want to see them survive, but Jeff’s post ...
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I Want to Be the Rain on Your Game-Changing Gadget
So guess what’s not pictured above in the image of the brand new iPad and its crucial apps? IBooks, the “magical bullet” that’s going to “save” the publishing industry . . . OK, so I’ll admit upfront that I was more than a bit skeptical about the iPad/Tablet/Slate before the ...
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