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It’s show time!

Gatsby anticipation is in the house. We’ve got a ticket for this evening’s 7 pm screening and great are the expectations. Meanwhile, the spin-off industry rumbles on and no (precious) stone is left unturned as it seeks to cash in on the film of the book. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a customer of Tiffany, the [...]

The eyes have it

“But above the gray land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it, you percieve, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T.J.Eckleburg. The eyes of Doctor T.J.Eckleburg are blue and gigantic — their irises are one yard high. They look out of no face, but, instead, from a pair of enormous [...]

The National Digital Public Library of America

It’s a mix of utopianism and pragmatism and it’s online. Robert Darnton, the creator of the National Digital Public Library of America, has this to say about the project: “What could be more utopian than a project to make the cultural heritage of humanity available to all humans? What could be more pragmatic than the [...]