First Contests, Now Book Reviews, What’s Next?
While I wholeheartedly support the idea of cleaning up the favoritism, cronyism, and old-boyism of the literary world, and although I definitely agree with trying to excise the bitterness, vindictiveness, and pettiness that permeates so many feuds in that same literary world, I just have to wonder where it’s going to end… The Washington Post…
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In a news item that has been getting a lot of coverage in the book blog world, Jonathan Safran Foer cancelled some appearances in Houston last week. It seems he received the good news that he and his wife, Nicole Krauss, are expecting a baby. Lots of “witty” comments on this, but hey, give the…
continue readingVindicated, and it Feels So Good
With apologies to Peaches and Herb… last week we posted an item about how Jose Canseco is now, believe it or not, looking more and more believeable. In that post, we mentioned how The Miami Herald was reporting that Canseco had sold the rights to a second book about steroids in baseball. Now, The Baltimore…
continue readingBret Easton Ellis Profile
And rounding out our coverage of The New York Times coverage of the book world (I promise I’ll dig up some more original content tomorrow, as opposed to just highjacking their news)… there is a really interesting profile of Bret Easton Ellis. Check out the article here. Keep an eye out for the Slushpile review…
continue readingBrown Dog’s Back
And since you just registered for The New York Times website, then you can easily check out this review of Jim Harrison’s great new book The Summer He Didn’t Die. Read the review here.
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