Now Here’s a Deal I Would Approve!
All too often, the news about recent publishing deals leaves me depressed and baffled. Books about knitting, and still more books about addiction recovery, and books about cleaning out your refrigerator, and the history of ranch dressing, and knitting for cats, and all this other stuff. I know there is an audience for these things,…
continue readingPerspectives on Barry Hannah
The University Press of Mississippi’s impressive Perspectives series contains detailed examinations of Cormac McCarthy, Harry Crews, Richard Ford, and Wole Soyinka. The latest addition to the series is Mississippi’s own Barry Hannah. Perspectives on Barry Hannah, edited by Martyn Bone, contains work from scholars such as Melanie R. Benson, Mark S. Graybill, Richard E. Lee,…
continue readingJoshua Ferris Blogging at TEV
Joshua Ferris, author of the deservedly acclaimed Then We Came to the End: A Novel, is guest-blogging at The Elegant Variation this week while Mark Sarvas enjoys his honeymoon. So far, Ferris has blogged about Lolita, MFAs, William James, literate bands, and the importance of unimportance. Good stuff, so be sure to check out the…
continue readingAnd Really, Who Wasn’t a Loser?
John McNally’s When I Was a Loser: True Stories of (Barely) Surviving High School has crawled out of the band room, the computer lab, and the chemistry classroom to hit bookstore shelves. Containing essays from Brad Land, Michelle Richmond, Will Clarke, Julianna Baggott, James P. Othmer, and many others, the book explores the angst, humiliation,…
continue readingNew Lit Agency Launches
A couple of different sources reported that Ryan Fischer-Harbage left Vigliano Associates to launch an eponymous agency. I can’t seem to find a website for the new Fischer-Harbage Agency just yet, so I can’t tell you anything about the new agency’s submission guidelines. But a search of the invaluable Publishers Marketplace deal archives shows that Fischer-Harbage represented…
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