After the recent news that David Foster Wallace’s unfin­ished man­u­script of The Pale King will be released by his pub­lisher some­time next year, two more lit­er­ary buried trea­sures have been unearthed posthumously.

Roberto Bolaño:

Two new novels by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño have report­edly been found in Spain among papers he left behind after his death. The pre­vi­ously unseen man­u­scripts were enti­tled Dio­rama and The Trou­bles of the Real Police Offi­cer, reported La Vanguardia.

The news­pa­per said the doc­u­ments also included what is believed to be a sixth sec­tion of Bolaño’s epic five-​part novel 2666.

William Shakespeare:

Dr John Casson claims to have unearthed Shakespeare’s first pub­lished poem, the Phaeton sonnet, his first comedy, Muce­dorus, and his first tragedies, Locrine and Arden of Faversham.

He also explores the plays Thomas of Wood­stock and A York­shire Tragedy, and claims to prove that a ‘lost play’ called Car­de­nio is a gen­uine work by Shake­speare and fellow play­wright John Fletcher.

That is a lot new of great­ness to read. I’m not quite sure I can handle it. But, per­haps more impor­tantly, Dr. John Casson proves that aca­d­e­mics can write great book titles: “Enter Pur­sued by a Bear.” Although the great­ness lies not him­self, but in his stars…I mean, sources.