It’s the largest published book in the world. Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom is a collection of photographs taken by MIT students in Asia, and is described as a “visual odyssey across the country.” At five feet by seven feet, six […]
We are seeing double, again. Maybe it’s a minor thing, but have you been to the news stand in recent days? If so, you will notice that, once again, Newsweek and Time have the exact same covers. In their race to get the news of […]
OK, who’s with me? I’m chucking it all and moving to Vermont. That’s right, you heard me Vermont. Spread the word. This is such a good story; a small town in Vermont, St. Johnsbury, population 7,571 as of 2000, is according to David Mehegan of […]
Ted Conover is one of my favorite authors. If you haven’t read anything he’s written, you must. He is a writer of the “literary nonfiction” variety–an author who tells true stories about life’s characters right where it’s lived. He writes in first person, somewhat in […]
Is this further evidence of the demise of newspaper journalism? It seems that the committee members charged with awarding the Pulitzer Prize could not agree on a feature story worthy of receiving the coveted prize. So this year, they chose not to give one away. […]