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...
by | Jul 2, 2008 | Literary News
from the Washington Post Doors Opening? Bit o’ Lit for Reading Riders By Laura Yao Washington Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, July 1, 2008; Page C01 Bored and cranky, Shannon MacDonald was riding the Metro one morning four years ago, headed to her job as a...
by | Jul 2, 2008 | Literary News
from the Los Angeles Times Tolkien’s children fight for ‘Lord of the Rings’ gold Pierre Vinet / New Line Cinema The trust of the “Lord of the Rings” creator says New Line cheated it out of millions. The ‘Lord of the Rings’...
by | Jun 30, 2008 | Literary News
from Shelf-Awareness Image of the Day: The Show Goes On Cody’s Books may have closed suddenly 10 days ago, but Bob Calhoun aka Dante, author of the recent punk-wrestling memoir, Beer, Blood and Cornmeal: Seven Years of Incredibly Strange Wrestling (ECW Press,...
by | Jun 30, 2008 | Literary News
from the NY Daily News Here are images from ‘Athlete,’ Sports Illustrated photographer Walter Iooss Jr.’s new book, with caption information written by Iooss. Here are his comments on this 1961 boxing photo: “Ali and Terrell…I never saw...
by | Jun 27, 2008 | Literary News
A friend of mine just wrote an awesome novel called Mexican High. Check it out if you can: