The most fascinating news from around the Web on May 23, 2013
books
Reading While Eating for May 2: Just Dance
Today’s must-read links for your lunch break feature Sherlock Holmes’ martial arts and the delicate dance of putting a diaper on a pet chicken.
Reading While Eating for Apr. 24: The Stars Come Out
In today’s must-read links for your lunch break: a recap of the TIME 100 gala, the Obama girls’ tattoos and Michael Shannon playing a mean sorority girl.
More than 50 Unpublished Rudyard Kipling Poems Discovered by U.S. Scholar
Dozens of unpublished poems by Rudyard Kipling have been discovered, nearly 80 years after the author’s death.
Australian Library Employee Jokes About Moving Lance Armstrong Books to Fiction Section
Who says librarians don’t have a sense of humor?
McDonald’s To Give Away Books With Happy Meals in Britain
McDonald’s is set to become the largest children’s book distributor in the UK with their new Happy Readers program.
Find Dennis Lehane’s Dog and Get a Part in His Next Crime Novel
If you know the whereabouts of a sweet-natured beagle named Tessa, the author of best-selling novels like ‘Mystic River’ and ‘Gone Baby Gone’ will name a character after you.
Reading While Eating for Oct. 8: He Said, He Said, He Said, He Said
In today’s must read links for your lunch break: the two debates everyone is talking about.
Reading While Eating for Sept. 13: The Day After
Great iXpectations: Well, it’s finally here: Apple unveiled its new iPhone 5, to massive media fanfare, overhyped analysts’ expectations and what seems to be a collective ‘meh’ from the phone-buying public. Sure, we like it, and …
Wikipedia Deems Philip Roth an Unreliable Source On a Philip Roth Novel
He’s won a Pulitzer, the National Book Award twice and was awarded the 2011 Man Booker International prize, but apparently that still doesn’t qualify Philip Roth as a credible source — on his own work.
10 Lightning-Speed Celebrity Memoirs: How Soon Is Too Soon?
It seems like just yesterday that Gabby Douglas was doing back handsprings. Now, she’s writing a memoir, due out in December. Who else rushed to the presses after making a name for themselves?
Judy Blume Reveals Breast Cancer: “I’ve Joined The Club”
The award-winning author revealed this morning that she recently underwent a mastectomy