EDITORS OF THE PARIS REVIEW HOST REDDIT AMA—UNIVERSITY OF LONDON DECIDES NOT TO SELL SHAKESPEARE’S WORK AFTER OBJECTIONS

By MICHELLE HOGMIRE | 9/12/13

SNEAK PEEK BOOKENDS—“Salinger’s Big Appeal: The Life or the Work?” by Francine Prose and Dana Stevens in upcoming Sept. 15 N. Y. Times Sunday Book Review: Prose and Stevens discuss pros and cons of the latest Salinger biography and documentary. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/books/review/salingers-big-appeal-the-life-or-the-work.html?pagewanted=1&ref=writingandwriters

REDDIT AMA—Editors of literary magazine The Paris Review host an “Ask Me Anything” on the website Reddit.  The editors respond to questions about everything from MFA programs to digital publication. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1m4co4/we_are_the_editors_of_the_paris_review_the/

SEPT. 5 UPDATE—“University of London abandons plans to sell Shakespeare folios,” By The Guardian’s David Batty: “The University of London has abandoned its proposal to auction a rare set of early printed editions of William Shakespeare’s plays following an outcry by senior figures in theatre and academia.” http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/05/university-of-london-shakespeare-folios

“More than half of us lie about reading classic novels,” by The Telegraph’s Phoebe Parke: A new study about how to seem intelligent discovers that 62 percent of British people pretend to read classic novels to appear smarter. What books do people lie about the most? Heading the list are Orwell’s “1984” and Tolstoy’s “War and Peace.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10286930/More-than-half-of-us-lie-about-reading-classic-novels.html