by | Mar 25, 2008 | Literary News
The Book as ‘An Art Object That We Should Defend’ “Literature is inseparable today from the books that carry their stories. If we want to save literature we have to save the rectangular objects that carry and spread their words. We have to respect...
by | Mar 25, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from the Los Angeles Times John Hughes’ imprint remains He’s still revered in Hollywood, but whatever happened to the king of the teens? By Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer JOHN HUGHES hasn’t set foot in Hollywood for years, but his...
by | Mar 25, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from the New York Observer ‘Stuff White People Like’ Book Sold to Random House For At Least $350,000 BY LEON NEYFAKH | MARCH 20, 2008 You know that funny Web site Stuff White People Like, the one with the jokes? The Canadian guy who runs it just sold...
by | Mar 25, 2008 | Culture Music Art, Mirth
clipped from uncut.co.uk As a rule, we’re as suspicious of actors making records as we are of, well, rock stars appearing in movies. But Scarlett Johansson’s previous, if brief, forays into music have at least demonstrated both flashes of talent and an unnerring...
by | Mar 24, 2008 | Literary News
2008 HUGO AWARDS NOMINEES http://www.denvention.org/hugos Best Novel (382 ballots cast) The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate) Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr) Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor; Analog 10/06-1-2/07) The...
