Somewhere, A Book Deal Is Being Signed
I know there have been a couple of movies about perpetual college students, but here’s a CNN article about an undergraduate who has been studying at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for 12 years. Undoubtedly, within about six months, one of those gift books that crowd the cash register will appear: How To Stay In School Forever…
continue readingChristenberry Exhibit
Incredibly hip and tapped into everything cool, Lauren Cerand rounds up all the cool events for Maud Newton’s great blog. Cerand points out that one of my favorite photographers, William Christenberry, is appearing at Aperture Gallery tonight at 6:30. The event is free and, for our New York readers, highly, highly recommended. “William Christenberry, known worldwide…
continue readingVQR Wins Ellie for Fiction
The American Society of Magazine Editors, in association with the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, presents magazine awards earch year. Commonly referred to as “The Ellies,” the awards recognizes magazine excellence in a number of categories. Leading up to this year’s event, the majority of the hype swirled around the surprising appearance of the Virginia Quarterly…
continue readingBook 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 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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