From Lonely Planet, the house that inspired Wuthering Heights is up for sale Anyone happen to have £1.25m ($1.62m) that I could borrow? Over on Reddit, Emilio Estevez (writer/director/actor of THE PUBLIC) did an AMA Set during a blizzard in Cincinnati, THE PUBLIC is about…

Cast members of The Shawshank Redemption will reunite in Mansfield, Ohio to celebrate film’s 25th anniversary Oh, yes. As many an Ohioan knows, the film adaptation of Stephen King’s Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption was filmed near central Ohio at the Mansfield Reformatory. It’s…

Lapham’s Quarterly and the geography of the Odyssey I love the idea that there are people over the centuries who have decided to try and discover the journey Odysseus took. Who among us didn’t have to read Homer’s epic poem at some point in their…

Over on the Mary Sue, author Mallory O’Meara reads sexist tweets related to her book The Lady from the Black Lagoon Sigh. Okay, first: Mallory O’Meara is awesome. I met her in person at ALA Midwinter and she’s just delightful. Second: Her book is equally…

From the Washingtonion, The Handmaid’s Tale is filming on the National Mall (with photos) EVERYTHING’S FINE. THESE PHOTOS AREN’T TERRIFYING OR ANYTHING. (Honestly, I have so many questions about what is happening in this scene, starting with the fact that DC looks like, well, DC….

Admit it, you missed my Monday 5x5s when I was at ALA Midwinter (Seattle, by the way, is a delightful city although way hillier than I anticipated). But nothing to fear, I have returned and am back with five more pieces I stumbled across last…

IT’S ALA WEEK! ::insert Kermit arms:: If you are attending Midwinter in Seattle, be sure to stop by the OverDrive booth #821 and say hello. We will also be giving presentations on how libraries can spend less & circ more with OverDrive, expanding on some…

  From The New Yorker, Kristen Roupenian on what it felt like when “Cat Person” went viral Ah, “Cat Person.” I remember when the story was making the rounds a little over a year ago, and reading about the experience directly from Roupenian reminds me…