Sportswriter Movies
Variety is reporting that HBO plans to turn Richard Ford’s Frank Bascombe trilogy into a six hour miniseries. The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land will be directed by James Mangold and written by Mark Bomback.
continue readingWickett in the New York Times
Dan Wickett, one of my colleagues in the The LitBlog Co-Op provided an engaging lede to an articleon book reviews in yesterday’s New York Times. The article pointed out that Dan wrote 95 book reviews last year, compiling almost half as many examinations as the entire Atlanta Journal Constitution. Other LBCers such as The Elegant Variation,…
continue readingSome Cool Book Deals
While I was enjoying life in the islands, the publishing industry did manage to keep grinding away. And there were some deals signed for what looks to be pretty cool books. All of this information was taken from Publishers Marketplace which is completely worth the nominal subscription fee if you want to keep up with what…
continue readingAloha
So I’m finally back from Hawaii and somewhat recovered from my trip. Even though I flew regularly for work over the course of a couple years (to the tune of more than 200,000 frequent flyer miles), I have never been able to sleep on airplanes. In spite of relaxing in first class seats (those Amazon…
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