On the Shelf

Madeline.

A cultural news roundup.

RIP, Encyclopedia Britannica.
A Delhi conference was too small for both Salman Rushdie and Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan. 

Southampton's venerable "" is being sued by the upcoming film; Stephen Fry leaps to its defense.
Das Rheingold? There's an app for that.
I'll be dipped! A dictionary of regional American English.
Gilgamesh! The Urban Dictionary lit guide.
What we talk about when we talk about fan fic.
Good Books, indeed.
Hemingway's keeper shelf.
Build your own Murakami!
Discovered: five hundred forgotten fairy tales.
Madeline 's mixtape.
Hitchens reports on the afterlife.