Another Sad Loss for the Blues
CNN reported another sad loss for the blues. Clarence Gatemouth Brown passed away at the age of 81. He fled Slidell, Louisiana, in advance of Hurricane Katrina and was safely enconced in his hometown of Orange, Texas. However, the bluesman who had suffered from lung cancer and heart disease still might be a casualty of…
continue readingThe Aquisition Process
Agent 007 runs a blog where she describes her transformation from a book editor to agent and she reveals some interesting inside information about the publishing industry. In a post from last week, she describes what it is like to acquire a book as an agent versus what it is like to acquire a book…
continue readingNYT Look at Pub Literature
Speaking of literature, booze, and bars, Jonathan Miles has an interesting article in The New York Times about pub literature. He writes: In many American towns and cities, zoning ordinances decree that churches and bars be buffered from one another by upward of a thousand feet. Among some drinkers, this is known as the ”non-compete…
continue readingBoD: The Assault on Tony’s
Don’t worry about saving food. Don’t even worry about toilet paper, electricity, clothing, or a radio. Just protect the booze. In John O’Brien’s The Assault on Tony’s a group of hardcore alcoholics barricade the door of their neighborhood bar and prepare to ride it out as a race riot engulfs the city outside. O’Brien, author…
continue readingGrisham Donates Millions to Hurricane Relief
This was actually in Tuesday’s Publishers Marketplace but I missed it… native Mississippian John Grisham donated $5 million to create the Rebuild the Coast Fund Organization to help uninsured people from Mississippi rebuild homes and businesses. “We don’t normally publicize gifts. It’s something we keep extremely private. But in these very, very rare circumstances–this tragic…
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