Google’s much-talked-about print.google.com service is now available for beta testing. This free service allows you to search for keywords inside the texts of, theoretically, every book published in the world (although the reach isn’t quite that broad yet). The launch of this service isn’t getting big headlines anywhere, but we … Read the rest
Developers plan to build a retail and residential complex on the seafront that inspired James Joyce’s Ulysses. Historians, preservationists and Joyce fans are campaigning against the development — which proposes shops, apartments, restaurants and even a concert venue to be constructed along Scotsman’s Bay, Dun Laoghaire, outside Dublin.
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Today was Memorial Day in the U.S. and we would be remiss if we didn’t mention the passing of Steve Mason. His name may not be familiar to many fans of contemporary poetry, but his dedication to giving a voice to those who survived the Vietnam War — and preserving … Read the rest
