Book Videos
The Book Standard hosted the 2006 Book Video Awards on Monday night in Manhattan. The event was held at Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Cinemas and featured short-films, one minute in length, designed to promote “a serial-killer mystery, a Da Vinci Code–esque thriller and the real-life story of a charming, lovable heroin addict.” The shorts are now…
continue readingSmaller Magazines, Efficient Staff, Good Experiences
After the rush of seeing your byline in a national publication wears off, eventually, you want to get paid. If you’re trying to live as a freelancer, then you quickly learn that the bank won’t take the masthead for payment. Ronald won’t give you a Big Mac in exchange for a photocopy of your grooming bit in Cat Fancy. And…
continue readingThirteen Writing Prompts
Dan Wiencek and the folks at McSweeney’s provide some humorous launch pads for your writing. Thirteen Writing Prompts contains such wonderful catalysts as “Write a short scene set at a lake, with trees and shit. Throw some birds in there, too.” Or, if that doesn’t strike your fancy, try to “Write a scene showing a man…
continue readingA Deluge of Damn Good Books
Too many good books sitting on your desk is a good problem to have. A number of excellent reads are being released right around the same time and I’m enjoying the hell out of them. It makes for a lot of work because I need to crank out reviews, but it remains a pleasure. Here…
continue readingMudd on Eudora Welty’s Home
Also in the New York Times this past weekend was Roger Mudd’s commentary on the special opening of Eudora Welty’s home to the public. Mudd even divulges Welty’s comical crab casserole recipe.
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