California’s Using The Chicken To Measure It

from CNN Lawsuit targets ‘rip-off’ of ‘Catcher in the Rye’ By Doug Gross, CNN (CNN) — Reclusive author J.D. Salinger has emerged, at least in the pages of court documents, to try to stop a novel that presents Holden Caulfield, the...

Versifying Hellcats In Oversexed Throwdown At Oxford

from The Guardian UKCould the behaviour of poets be any less poetic?These pigtail-pulling dons may be fun to watch, but academics desperately need more of a sense of proportionZoe WilliamsTuesday 26 May 2009 16.30 BSTIn the incredibly unlikely event that you’ve...

On The Pitch

from the New York Times Another Side of Kerouac: The Dharma Bum as Sports Nut New York Public Library, Berg Collection, Jack Kerouac Archive Jack Kerouac’s fantasy baseball team cards, circa 1953-56. More Photos > By CHARLES McGRATH Published: May 15, 2009 Almost...

A Jazz Memoir in Verse

from Shelf-Awareness Birth of the Cool: Minnesota I know, Miles, you didn’t have rural southern Minnesota in mind when you blew your classic mute on your Birth of the Cool sessions in New York, circa 1949. But it’s the way the paper-thin ice forms on the...