News and views about books, authors, the life of the mind, the information age, and the American Library in Paris.

21 June 2010

Mr. Darcy, you smell so good

“The pheromone that attracts female mice to the odour of a particular male has been identified. Named ‘darcin’ by researchers writing in the open access journal […]
21 June 2010

Secrets of screenwriters

Today’s guest blogger, screenwriter Diane Lake, will be speaking on the art of writing for the silver screen at the Library on Wednesday 23 June at […]
20 June 2010

Letterheady

The weird stationery of Mussolini, Ian Fleming, Charles Atlas, Dr. Seuss, Marlene Dietrich, and more … all collected by Letterheady.  According to the rubric, “Letterheady is […]
19 June 2010

Shelf talk

One of the most admirable and inventive and current library blogs around comes from the Seattle Public Library. Its Shelf Talk blog is a trove of […]
Shelf talk
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