Literati roundup: “14,000 drawings of the French Revolution posted online

14,000 drawings of the French Revolution posted online Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza Guillotines and numbing satire figure strongly in an archive of images from the French Revolution, made available by Stanford University and the Bibliothèque nationale de France Beautiful and Surprising Maps of the Worlds Within Books  Slate Articles by Dan Kois What does the town … Read more

“Three Unpublished J.D. Salinger Stories Leak Online.. A literati roundup…

Three Unpublished J.D. Salinger Stories Leak Online Three unpublished stories by the famously reclusive American writer, J.D. Salinger, have leaked online after appearing on an eBay auction   Shared Services Backlash The University of Michigan is trying to save millions on staff costs, using an increasingly popular strategy, but faculty are unhappy.   American Studies … Read more