Master Pickup Artist Signs Book Deal
As you know, I recently reviewed The Game by Neil Strauss for PopMatters. Now, there is news that one of the book’s main subjects has signed a deal of his own. Publishers Marketplace reported that master pickup artist Mystery sold a book entitled The Mystery Method: How to Get Any Woman into Bed in 7…
continue readingInterview: David Galef, Author
Administrator of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi, David Galef is a jack of all literary trades. Creative and hard-working, Galef is a pragmatist who understands the inner workings of literature. He takes a mechanical approach with his students, teaching fiction the way music is taught, by learning the small…
continue readingFrankfurt Book Fair Opens Today
The Frankfurt Book Fair opens today. Courtney Love is reportedly one of the big fish at the event, circulating a memoir entitled The Love Diaries that is close to being signed by FSG. Other early news out of the book fair is that organizers want to steer the discussion away from entertainment and more towards…
continue readingImbecile Writers Really Do Exist
Whenever I read certain how-to articles, I always think that the idiots described are fictitious. For example, when I read an article on interviewing for a job like this one, I wonder, “does anyone really need to be told to remove their nosering and not refer to the interviewer as a dude?” I always assume…
continue readingTime Picks Top 100 Novels
The last thing we need is yet another top-anything list. But anyway, Time selected the 100 Best Novels from 1923 to Present. Check out their selections here. I will say that one interesting aspect of this list is that Time provides a copy of their original review when applicable. For instance, you can read what…
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