by Editor | Jan 6, 2025 | Bright Shiny News, Culture Music Art, Literary News, Projects
from PEOPLE Magazine James Frey’s Next to Heaven Is Made for White Lotus and Big Little Lies Fans — See the Cover! (Exclusive) The ‘A Million Little Pieces’ author is back with a satirical look at the “beautiful,...
by Editor | Nov 24, 2024 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The Telegraph University scraps English literature degree as ‘no longer viable’ Canterbury Christ Church University blames a decline in applicants as it drops the subject for new students A 1483 woodcut shows Chaucer’s pilgrims en route to Canterbury Canterbury...
by Editor | Nov 21, 2024 | Literary News
from Tablet Magazine A Cancellation Trilogy Jews take the lead in a new literary art form: The cancel-culture novel BY SHELUYANG PENG TABLET MAGAZINE Nothing stifles great art like censorship, whether through overt acts by government censors or through acts of...
by Editor | Nov 17, 2024 | Literary News
from The New Yorker Dorothy Parker and the Art of the Literary Takedown Her reviews are not contemptuous, a common pitfall for her imitators. They are simply unbridled in their dislike. By Sloane Crosley Illustration by Cecilia Carlstedt When I think of Dorothy...
by Editor | Jun 27, 2024 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News, Projects
from Publishing Perspectives Authors Equity’s First 100 Days Madeline McIntosh introduces the concept behind Authors Equity at the 2024 Readmagine conference in Madrid. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson Since Readmagine, Authors Equity has issued a list...
by Editor | Jun 16, 2024 | Literary News, Weirdness
from The Federalist How Legendary Spy Novelist Frederick Forsyth Learned He’d Been ‘Bowdlerized’ BY: LARRY TAUNTON “Good morning. A pleasure to meet you. Please forgive my attire. A difficult night.” Somewhat disheveled and wearing only a bathrobe and slippers,...
