Archive for the 'literature' Category

Now I will always be able to find this.

Article about the effort to read through Barthelme's entire list of suggested readings for his students. Perhaps more interesting is the actual list itself.

“The room was filled with the noise of bells, and speaking-tubes. What was the new food like? Could she recommend it? Had she any ideas lately? Might one tell her one’s own ideas?”

Collection of 23 of the more notable routes of exploration in imperial, economic and literary history. Would of course be better if there were a hell of a lot more voyages on here. But each voyage has interesting supporting material as well.

A number of statistical approaches to the history of the Nobel Prize, centered on the languages written in by the winners.