by | Jan 27, 2009 | Literary News
from CNN Famed author John Updike dies of cancer at 76 (CNN) — Author John Updike, regarded as one of the greatest and most prolific writers in modern American letters, died Tuesday, his publicist said. He was 76. Updike passed away Tuesday morning after...
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...
