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Jim DeRogatis, pop music critic of The Chicago Sun Times eviscerates Ian Christie’s Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga. I read the book the day it was first released and didn’t find it to be that bad. It wasn’t as good as I was hoping, but I didn’t think it was awful. My main criticism…
continue readingThe Chores of Copyeditors
Mark at The Elegant Variation has yet another great post about what happens to a book before it hits the store shelves. This time, he discusses the unbelieveable chores of a copyeditor.
continue readingBat Segundo Interviews Saunders
The great Bat Segundo has posted another round of stellar podcast interviews recently. The most notable of the bunch (although they’re all good) is George Saunders, fresh off his appearance on David Letterman.
continue readingWhy Does it Take So Long for a Book to Hit the Shelves?
Mark at The Elegant Variation has an absolutely fantastic post about all the things that have to happen after a book is accepted for publication. He chronicles some of the things he’s working on and really gives some great insight on how publishing works for that year-and-a-half from book deal to bookstore shelves.
continue readingRichard Lange’s Dead Boys
I posted a brief mention of Richard Lange’s Dead Boys: Stories over at Beatrice yesterday. I’ll have more on this enjoyable book in the next couple of days. And we’ll have an interview with Lange appearing soon. For now, check out the Beatrice post and be sure to pick up this great new story collection.
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