by | Jan 23, 2009 | Literary News
from TIME Magazine Books Unbound By Lev Grossman Here’s a literary parable for the 21st century. Lisa Genova, 38, was a health-care-industry consultant in Belmont, Mass., who wanted to be a novelist, but she couldn’t get her book published for love or...
by | Jan 22, 2009 | Literary News
from The Guardian UK How the web is undermining reading From Plato to Guitar Hero, we have always been wary of change – but the internet poses a serious threat to society’s ability to read Naomi Alderman guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 January 2009 12.00 GMT...
by | Jan 21, 2009 | Literary News
from mental_floss Blog Raisin’ a Rumpus: an Interview with Stephen Elliott by Ransom Riggs – January 21, 2009 – 7:21 AM There are many short biographies of writer Stephen Elliot floating around the internet, but this one, from the Chicago Tribune, is my...
by | Jan 21, 2009 | Literary News
by | Jan 20, 2009 | Literary News
from The New York Observer Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Peter Ackroyd Briefly Resurrects Edgar Allan Poe, Birthday Boy BY ADAM BEGLEY | 2:59 PM JANUARY 19, 2009 Grim is the only way to begin the story of Edgar Allan Poe, who was born 200 years...
by | Jan 17, 2009 | Literary News
from Stephen Elliot’s TheRumpus.net THE EDITOR’S DESK: What’s Been Going On Well, we’re getting ready to launch this bad boy. I know for a lot of regular readers the site is already launched, but things are going to be different around here once Obama is sworn...