(Image from The Folio Society: Paul Auster's New York Trilogy)
This week introduces Disjecta, a new weekly feature of A Piece of Monologue. It aims to digest news across philosophy and the arts into manageable bitesize portions. And yes, this format is a blatant steal from 3:AM Magazine's superb Missing Links column.
Literature:
Philip Roth: Elaine Blair on Philip Roth's The HumblingPhilip Roth: Alex Clark on Philip Roth's The Humbling
Paul Auster: Joanna Briscoe on Paul Auster's Invisible
Paul Auster: Folio Society publish Paul Auster's New York Trilogy
Philosophy & Critical Theory:
Slavoj Žižek: 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin WallMartin Heidegger: New York Times on Emmanuel Faye's book on Heidegger and Nazism
Martin Heidegger: Brian Leiter on the Heidegger and Nazism Question
Walter Benjamin: Terry Eagleton on Walter Benjamin and Barack Obama
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Wittgenstein's eating habits (via Leiter Reports)
Film:
Woody Allen: Trailer for Woody Allen's Whatever WorksAlfred Hitchcock: Alfred Hitchcock Cameos
Alfred Hitchcock: Polish and Czech Hitchcock Posters (via roundmyskull)
Michael Haneke: Philip French on Haneke's The White Ribbon
Michael Haneke: Ryan Gilbey on Haneke's The White Ribbon
Michael Haneke: Time Out reviews Haneke's The White Ribbon
Music:
Jazz: Telegraph on the 100 Best Jazz RecordingsBob Dylan: Will Self on Bob Dylan
Kraftwerk: The Quietus on Kraftwerk reissues