Frey Loses Book Deal
Yesterday afternoon, CNN picked up a Reuters report that Penguin cancelled controversial author James Frey’s two book deal. The article stated that “after writing A Million Little Pieces for Random House, Frey moved with his editor Sean McDonald to Penguin imprint Riverhead Books, which published his second book, My Friend Leonard, last June. Riverhead then contracted…
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continue readingAnd In the Interest of Equal Time
I wrote my tongue-in-cheek suggestion about reality television researching literary scandals last night. This morning, I checked my email and there is a note from Geoffrey Knoop, one of the participants in the J.T. Leroy saga. You might have first learned about Knoop when was most prominently interviewed in this New York Times article where he acknowledged…
continue readingFaulkner Letter Auctioned for $18k
Jeff at Syntax of Things always locates the coolest items and yesterday was no different. He found this Reuters report about a letter written by William Faulkner that drew nearly $18,000 at auction on Sunday. In the missive, Faulkner complains about being conned into signing a seven year contract with Warner Bros film studio. Some F. Scott Fitzgerald…
continue readingUS Weekly Owes Me Four Bucks
Bastards. I’m expecting a personal check from Jann Wenner for four U.S. dollars.
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