CRITICAL MASS: And NBCC/Paris Review "Name That Author" Contest Winner # 3 Is… Oh, hey, look — it's me: "Runners-up who sent the correct answer, Joan Didion: Jaime Guerrero in Monterrey, Mexico, who came in second at 9:54 am EST; Elizabeth McCullough of Charlottesville, Va, at 10:12 am EST;" plus — "Andy Shelden, also of [...]
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New Fantasy Paranormal Suspense Horror Novel Just Released "New Fantasy Paranormal Suspense Horror Novel Just Released" — but where will they shelve it? I think I'll just wait for a new fantasy paranormal suspense horror thriller romance-with-a-touch-of-comedy novel to come out.
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Barbara Wallraff The Atlantic’s Barbara Wallraff (Word Fugitives, Word Court) is blogging! TPM: News Pages | Talking Points Memo |What’s next for Sarah’s hair? ‘”That’s something I want to talk to her about: What’s our vision for her hair?” says Steele, proprietor of the Beehive Beauty Shop and keeper of the governor’s up-do since 2002.’ [...]
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VQR » Blog » Young Reviewers Contest Winner & Finalists Announced 'VQR is pleased to announce that the winner of its Young Reviewers Contest is Emily Wilkinson of Pasadena, California, for her review of “The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective” by Kate Summerscale." PROUST IS [...]
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Shelf Awareness Movies: Jack Black Among the Lilliputians 'Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels may be in for an adaptation like none seen before. Variety reported that Twentieth Century Fox is "moving forward" with a "contemporary reimagining" of the oft-filmed classic, starring Jack Black and directed by Rob Letterman.' There's no such thing as a free book [...]
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At New Dominion Bookshop: Wednesday, November 12 at 5:30 PM Jeff Goldsmith, The Long Baby Boom: An Optimistic Vision for a Graying Generation __________ Jeff Goldsmith will discuss and sign copies of his new book The Long Baby Boom An Optimistic Vision for a Graying Generation Wednesday, November 12 5:30 PM In 2006, the first [...]
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Country music star Marty Stuart will be at New Dominion Bookshop to meet customers and sign copies of his new book Country Music: The Masters (includes an audio CD) Friday, November 14 1:00–2:00 PM This event is a book-signing only. (Note: Marty Stuart will perform in concert with Travis Tritt the same evening, Friday, November [...]
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AFF Doublethink Online » Can This Paper Be Saved? Big changes at the Rev. Moon's paper: 'No longer would headline writers be permitted to use “Hillary” to describe the former first lady. “Gay” would replace “homosexual,” “except in clinical references or references to sexual activity.” (Gone, too, were the scare quotes that had once surrounded [...]
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Sunday 5 November 1665 (Pepys' Diary) '(Lord’s day). Up, and after being trimmed, by boat to the Cockpitt, where I heard the Duke of Albemarle’s chaplin make a simple sermon: among other things, reproaching the imperfection of humane learning, he cried: “All our physicians cannot tell what an ague is, and all our arithmetique is [...]
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“Obviously a Huge Inconvenience to You” – Paper Cuts Blog – NYTimes.com 'Now Miller has a collection out — “Passive Aggressive Notes: Painfully Polite and Hilariously Hostile Writings” — in which actual passive-aggressive notes are recorded for posterity, scrawled on Post-its, scraps of paper or (in some cases) the sides of kitchen appliances. Readers with [...]
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Two Marriages: Briefly Noted: The New Yorker Review of Phillip Lopate's TWO MARRIAGES: "All marriages are a gamble: how well do you need to understand your partner before you jump in the game?" I enjoyed it, but true, found it light. bookofjoe: Europe mapped by language "Europe mapped by language" — I love this kind [...]
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Eudora Welty’s Losing Battles: Three generations of Granny Vaughn’s descendants gather at her Mississippi home to celebrate her 90th birthday. Possessed of the true storyteller’s gift, the members of this clan cannot resist the temptation to swap tales. Discussion begins November 3. If you’re already a registered member, click on the September discussion under “The [...]
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