by Editor | Oct 11, 2025 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The Free Press Niall Ferguson: Without Books We Will Be Barbarians It is not the road to serfdom that awaits—but the steep downward slope to the status of a peasant in ancient Egypt. By Niall Ferguson “WHAT RAY BRADBURY FAILED TO ANTICIPATE IS THAT HIS NATIVE...
by Editor | Oct 8, 2025 | Bright Shiny News, Culture Music Art, Literary News, Mirth
from Page Six Steve Buscemi leaves Austin Butler in stitches with naughty ‘fart-filled’ erotic letter By Carlos Greer Steve Buscemi read dirty love letters by James Joyce. Jaycen Blackwell @beyondyouphotograph The “Wednesday” star had a crowd at a sexy Brooklyn event,...
by Editor | Oct 3, 2025 | Bright Shiny News, Culture Music Art, Literary News
from Rich Roll JAMES FREY ADDICTION, CELEBRITY, PUBLIC SHAMING & TRUTH: THE PERFORMANCE ART OF JAMES FREY, CELEBRATED WRITER OF ILL-REPUTE In 2003, a book came out that rocked my world—a book that spoke to the deepest, darkest, and hidden parts of me in ways no...
by Editor | Oct 2, 2025 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News
from Érudit Engagement with “Real Readers and James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces: Autofiction as a Reading Strategy and the Mediating Role of Authenticity” by Melina Ghasseminejad dd Henrik Zetterberg-NielsenAarhus Universitynorhn@cc.au.dk It is an honor for me to...
by Editor | Sep 30, 2025 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from Smithsonian Magazine Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth The famously reclusive novelist amassed a collection of thousands of books ranging in topics from philosophical treatises to advanced...
by Editor | Aug 21, 2025 | Bright Shiny News, Culture Music Art, Literary News
from Dan’s Papers Record East Hampton Library Authors Night 2025 Crowd Admits They Read Books By William McCuddy The Authors Night 2025 crowd / Lisa Tamburini George Hamilton is a groupie. Maureen Dowd is in here somewhere. James Frey likes smart people. Dr....