Lots of People Interested in Living Biblically
More than a hundred people showed up last night on a cloudy evening to reading/signing with A.J. Jacobs. Maybe it was in hope that his famous biblical beard had returned. Jacobs turned out to be clean-shaven, but put on a great show. He read from his newest book The Year of Living Biblically: One…
continue readingHenkin Takes over TEV
Even on a normal day, The Elegant Variation is one of the best literary blogs around. But yesterday was particularly interesting because Joshua Henkin was guest-blogging while Mark was away from his usual TEV desk. Henkin, author of the well-received Matrimony: A Novel, covered a tremendous amount of ground in a single day of blogging.…
continue readingRIP Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer passed away early Saturday morning at the age of 84. I’m afraid I must admit that I never read a single word of Norman Mailer’s work. It’s one of my darkest bookish secrets, but oh well. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t well-aware of the massive swath he cut in American literature. Over at…
continue readingProtecting Whales
Here’s an interesting article about Denver-based author Peter Heller and his work with a community of people who strive to save whales from slaughter.
continue readingUnder the Top Hat
As regular Slushpile.net readers know, I’m a bit obsessive when it comes to music, particularly the kind that heavily features guitars. So I devour music biographies the minute they hit the shelves. I recently enjoyed Nikki Sixx’s The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star and Eric Clapton’s Clapton: The Autobiography.…
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