by | Jul 23, 2008 | Literary News
from the Guardian UK Lumley attacks ‘obscure’ new poetry The actress has been lambasted as old and out of touch for her controversial views on modern verse Amelia Hill , social affairs correspondent, The Observer When Joanna Lumley agreed to pen an...
by | Jul 20, 2008 | Literary News
from the NY Observer The Reviewers Come In From the Cold At Publishers’ Weekly, A Tradition of Anonymity is Abandoned; Herewith, Our Brief Review of the Reviewers BY LEON NEYFAKH Getty Images From an engraving depicting an American alderman of the 19th Century;...
by | Jul 13, 2008 | Literary News
from The Washington Post Missing Shakespeare Knocks on Folger’s Door English Book Dealer Arrested in Theft By David Montgomery and Mary Jordan Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, July 12, 2008; A01 The man dressed a little flashy for a rare-book guy. British...
by | Jul 8, 2008 | Literary News
from the New York Observer Posthumous Fiction Collection From William Styron To Be Published by Random House BY LEON NEYFAKH A new collection of short fiction—including the first chapter of an unfinished novel—is coming from the late William Styron, according to...
by | Jul 4, 2008 | Literary News
Contest Check out the new contests below! Contest A: The first twenty people who email me a receipt with proof of purchase of BONEYARD will receive a free copy of my first book, THE TUNNELS. No strings attached. And I promise I won’t steal your identity...
by | Jul 2, 2008 | Literary News
from the LA Times Nick Flynn, well-traveled poet Nick Flynn’s poetry led to a memoir, a play and a possible movie. But it has taken many years and many, many drafts to get this far. By William Georgiades, Special to The Times July 2, 2008 Nick Flynn, author of...
