Mark Halperin’s Career, or: How Low Can You Go?
Mark Halperin?s sudden fall from grace began after five women disclosed he was as frightening as any Halloween spectre: accounts of unwanted physical advances while he was the political director for ABC News have caused Penguin Press to kill his upcoming (and as yet untitled) book. In a statement to CNN, Penguin asserted that, ?In…
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Hillbilly meets presidential stormer
Reports are circulating that bestselling author and unofficial spokesperson for Appalachia JD Vance has met with controversial strategist Steve Bannon regarding openings at the Heritage Foundation. The Washington Post reports that a number of powerful folks are being considered for leadership at the influential think tank. Then, at the bottom of the article, writer Vance’s…
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Oh hell yeah! Saunders wins Booker
One of my favorite literary memories was hearing George Saunders read the short story “Offloading for Mrs. Schwartz” when his first collection Civilwarland in Bad Decline was published. Saunders was a new writer and the bookstore where I worked really trumped his work. He hung around with us grad students and booksellers and told tales…
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Rowling is highest paid author
According to a list compiled by Forbes, J.K. Rowling is the highest paid author in the world, pulling in $95 million in 2016. The top five of the list include James Patterson, Jeff Kinney, Dan Brown, and Stephen King. The most amazing thing to me about this list is the massive jump in slots. Rowling…
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Warren Zevon’s books are for sale
Known for fantastic songs like “Werewolves of London,” Warren Zevon was a voracious reader. After his death in 2003, his family has been dealing with the library numbering in the thousands. Check out more of the story here. [amazon_link asins=’0060763493,B00122ML0W’ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’wristwatchrev-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’2cc9638e-5d03-11e7-9d48-0dac6cad883e’]
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