by | Sep 30, 2008 | Literary News
from AP via Breitbart.com via Drudge Nobel literature head: US too insular to compete Sep 30 03:54 PM US/Eastern By MALIN RISING and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press Writers STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) – Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week:...
by | Sep 29, 2008 | Literary News
from the SJ Mercury News Bulgarian poet Konstantin Pavlov dies at 75 The Associated Press Article Launched: 09/29/2008 09:17:26 AM PDT SOFIA, Bulgaria—Poet and screenwriter Konstantin Pavlov, who became one of Bulgaria’s most prominent intellectuals with...
by | Sep 25, 2008 | Literary News
from Variety ‘American Psycho’ heads to stage Musical adaptation in development By GORDON COX “American Psycho” has begun the development process and is aiming for Broadway. Legit version of the 1991 Bret Easton Ellis novel, about a...
by | Sep 24, 2008 | Literary News
from Prospect Magazine America’s universities sheltered David Foster Wallace—and almost ruined his writing Julian Gough Like James Joyce, David Foster Wallace will be remembered—and, by some, fiercely loved—for a book which 99.999 per cent of the world’s...
by | Sep 20, 2008 | Literary News
from the Los Angeles Times James Crumley dies at 68; author of gritty but poetic crime novels Bill Wittliff / Texas State University-San Marcos James Crumley, seen in 1989, wrote seven poetic but hard-boiled detective tales, including “The Last Good Kiss.” “There was...
by | Sep 19, 2008 | Literary News
from Shelf-Awareness Here are some proverbs dealing with books and reading from As They Say in Zanzibar: Proverbial Wisdom from Around the World – a compilation of more than 2,000 proverbs gathered by David Crystal: Books A book holds a house of gold (China) It...
