Monthly Archives November 2007

Janet Maslin reviews John Leake’s Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer in today’s New York Times.

So most of you know that while I’m not writing books (or writing about books) then I’m daydreaming of rock guitar stardom.

Uzodinma Iweala reviewed Matthew Eck’s The Farther Shore in yesterday’s New York Times.

I spent part of the holiday weekend catching up on the towering stack of magazines that threatened to fall over and crush my cat.

In a book proposal, it’s always challenging to strike the perfect balance between being excited and positive about your work and going over the top.

And while we’re talking book design, I should mention that I finally picked up a copy of Chip Kidd’s Chip Kidd: Book One: Work: 1986-2006 recently when I was at AJ Jacobs’s book signing.

I’ve always enjoyed the design of Chronicle Books. They’re generally fun, visually intriguing books.

A number of writers and artsy folks received honors at the White House yesterday. But I’m most excited about guitar pioneer Les Paul’s award.

 

More than a hundred people showed up last night on a cloudy evening to reading/signing with A.J.

Even on a normal day, The Elegant Variation is one of the best literary blogs around. But yesterday was particularly interesting because Joshua Henkin was guest-blogging while Mark was away from his usual TEV desk.