Huge Deal for Zappa Kids Book
Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa, son of Frank and brother to Moon Unit and Dweezil, may very well be hosting the upcoming competition show But Can They Sing?, but he may not need the work for long. According to the VH1 website, the show “pits actors Morgan Fairchild, Joe Pantaliano, Bai Ling, Antonio Sabato, Jr, Michael…
continue readingAnd I Thought I was a Faulkner Fanatic
Via the excellent Syntax of Things, I learned about this story. It seems that Georgia State University grad student decided to make sure the sound and the fury did signify something, if only on his skin. Shyam Sriram got William Faulkner’s portrait tattooed on his left pec. “I like Faulkner so much because it’s so…
continue readingMassive Deal for Buffett Book
And it has nothing to do with Margaritaville… Reports were flying from numerous outlets yesterday that Bantam Dell has won the rights to a biography of not Jimmy, but Warren Buffet. The famous investor has previously been reticent in regards to biography efforts but now former Morgan Stanley insurance analyst Alice Schroeder has been given…
continue readingMaster Pickup Artist Signs Book Deal
As you know, I recently reviewed The Game by Neil Strauss for PopMatters. Now, there is news that one of the book’s main subjects has signed a deal of his own. Publishers Marketplace reported that master pickup artist Mystery sold a book entitled The Mystery Method: How to Get Any Woman into Bed in 7…
continue readingInterview: David Galef, Author
Administrator of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi, David Galef is a jack of all literary trades. Creative and hard-working, Galef is a pragmatist who understands the inner workings of literature. He takes a mechanical approach with his students, teaching fiction the way music is taught, by learning the small…
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