Enduring (With A Smile)

More signs of the future and more reflections on a past that will always endure, here is today’s flurry of words. Ikea prepares your new bookshelf. The Nation has a look at Eliot’s muse of unhappiness. Posthumously, Salinger’s rare “writings” fetch a penny or two. Project Gutenberg will have a lasting effect, but is that as obvious as you think? Finally, a call to save your favorite words!