I Guess It’s Not Just the Germans
When he was on Saturday Night Live, Norm MacDonald frequently referred to Germans and their love of David Hasselhoff. Seems that maybe the British share the adoration for the hirsute star. Publishers Marketplace reported that UK rights to Hasselhoff’s autobiography (written with Peter Thompson) covering his life on the beach and in the entertainment business.…
continue readingGlimmertrain Publishes New Bondurant Story
Our longtime readers will probably remember our interview with Matt Bondurant. Our discussion with Bondurant revolved primarily around his novel The Third Translation but he has also published short stories in some of the nation’s most prestigious literary journals. I just stumbled across a new appearance of his over the weekend when I picked up…
continue readingFord Writes Elegy for New Orleans
Richard Ford, who lived in New Orleans for years, writes an elegy for The Guardian. An editor asked him who could write about the tragic city and although Ford had many names, many possibilities, they couldn’t locate any of those authors. So after recounting many of his finest New Orleans moments, Ford writes “I write…
continue readingABA announces Bookseller Relief Fund
The American Booksellers Association announced that it is creating a Bookseller Relief fund to assist independent bookstores affected by Hurricane Katrina. Checks should be made payable to ABA/Bookseller Relief Fund and mailed to the ABA’s office at 200 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Please write “Bookseller Relief” on the outside of the envelope. “Our…
continue reading100 Years of Assistance in Playing the Ponies
Frank Deford has an interesting piece on SI.com about the 100th anniversary of the Daily Racing Form printing the esoteric and confusing past performance statistics for horse races. Deford writes “The scales fall from your eyes when you learn to read past performances. There are various signposts in your youth which speak to growing up:…
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