Eudora Welty’s Home
The great Maud Newton points out an article in the Clarion Ledger about Eudora Welty’s home. The an article includes a slideshow of images from the author’s house and garden which will be open to the public for two days, April 29-30.
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The Book Standard reported that Snoop Dogg’s first novel, Love Don’t Live Here No More is due out in October. Published by Atria, the novel is the story of a young man in Southern California struggling to succeed in the world of hip-hop. The article quoted Kathleen Schmidt, vice president and director of publicity of for…
continue readingChelsea Handler’s New Show Premieres
Comedian Chelsea Handler is the author of My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands, and the subject of a Slushpile.net interview that should post in the next week or two. Her brand new show premieres tonight at 10:30 on E!. Keep your eyes peeled for our interview with Handler and to learn more about…
continue readingSave the Children
This has nothing to do with books, other than the fact it was written by the great Walter Kirn. But it is funny as hell. Kirn is concerned with the welfare of America’s most famous newborn. “If unborn children really had rights, the infant daughter of the actress Katie Holmes and the temporarily-humanoid immortal starseed…
continue readingSet the Timer on Your VCR
Or, get your Tivo ready, however you do that. I’m going to rely on my new-fangled laser disc machine to record me some primetime literary humor. Fresh off their bouts with Scientology and censorship, the boys at South Park are zeroing in on James Frey. Premiering Wednesday night at 10pm, “Towelie gets over his drug addition and writes a moving…
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