The Most Southern Weekend on Earth, by the Oxford American
The fine folks at The Oxford American are sponsoring an event they’re calling “The Most Southern Weekend on Earth.” I’m sure that might be a debatable claim, but nonetheless, there are some cool literary events scheduled as part of the July 9-10 festivities in Clarksdale, MS. On Saturday, the magazine’s editor Marc Smirnoff will interview…
continue readingBourdain Readings: Tattoos, Births
Bestselling author, former chef, and current television personality Anthony Bourdain gave an interview to The Seattle Times in promotion of his new book, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook. It’s a short but entertaining piece. But the real highlight comes when the interviewer asks about the…
continue readingProtecting Your Ideas Against Theft
Many aspiring authors cling to their manuscripts, afraid to show them to the world, out of fear that their ideas will be stolen. A post today on GalleyCat directly addresses this fear. There is a perception that “mammoth-sized Hollywood studios that are scowling through their slush piles concocting plans to steal hot ideas from struggling…
continue readingRIP John Wooden
In the middle of last week, I was re-organizing some book shelves (or, to be honest, vainly attempting to create some organization) and pulled a number of sports books down. On top of the pile was the 1997 book Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court by John Wooden with…
continue readingNew Yorker Releases 20-Best-Under-40 List
The New Yorker released it’s list of the best (or most worth-watching or coolest or hippest or whatever criteria) writers under the age of 40. The list is in conjunction with the magazine’s special double-literature issue that will be released this coming Monday. Here’s the rundown of the names (along with ages) courtesty of The…
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