John Wooden’s Wisdom

from Shelf-Awareness Obituary: Coach Wooden, Whose Last Book Publishes in July Besides being one of the most successful basketball coaches ever, winning 10 national titles in 12 years for UCLA, John Wooden, who died Friday at age 99, was a prolific author whose books...

Report from Shakespeare And Company

from Sion Dayson’s ‘Paris (im)perfect’   James Frey, After the Fact Published June 4, 2010 Literary/Cultural Paris 2 Comments Tags: shakespeare & co, literary, paris, james frey  Sex or violence? This was the choice presented to us by author...

Mad Tenacious Rider

from The LA Times An uneasy ride with Dennis Hopper A writer’s tortured 10-year relationship with the actor never produced the biography originally sought by Hopper, who feared opening a Pandora’s box of the past. What was revealed was a serious careerist...

Number 4 Leaves No Trace

from The Pittsburgh Tribune Dreamworks to pay for improvements to Allegheny County parks By Matthew Santoni, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Two Allegheny County parks could get a Hollywood facelift this summer, after Dreamworks Productions finishes filming scenes for its...