Throwdown At The Bee

from The Wall Street Journal A Literary Night Out: Spelling Bee Humiliation and Partying With PEN By Steven Kurutz The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses [CLMP] was holding its annual spelling bee at the Diane von Furstenberg Studio. Since 1967,  the CLMP has...

Grendel Came From Arkansas

from Commercial Appeal Wal-Mart outdiscounts Amazon and retailers Effect of online price war could have wide impact By By Ashley M. Heher, Associated Press, Saturday, October 17, 2009 CHICAGO — Taking a page from its original playbook, Wal-Mart Stores Inc....

Stephen Elliott Interviewed by James Frey

from Gawker.com Of Murder and Memory: Stephen Elliott’s The Adderall Diaries   By Gabriel Snyder, 12:20 PM on Tue Oct 13 2009, 3,004 views In the latest edition of the Gawker Book Club, we have Stephen Elliott  discussing his murder potboiler-cum-memoir The...

Gourmet Gone

from MediaBistro Farewell, Gourmet: A Look Back at Ten Tasty Covers By Stephanie Murg on Oct 09, 2009 02:56 PM “Stopped to buy sandwich (no time to eat today),” Twittered former Gourmeteditor-in-chief Ruth Reichl from the Newark airport on Wednesday...