by | May 23, 2008 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
seen in The East Hampton Star Little Shop of Horowitz By Baylis Greene Morgan McGivern John McWhinnie, a partner of the bookseller Glenn Horowitz, at the team’s newest outpost in East Hampton, a shop he said was “so small, it’s meant to be a jewel box.” ...
by | May 23, 2008 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from the UK Guardian Surrealist Manifesto sold for real money Guy Dammannguardian.co.uk Surrealist founders Paul Éluard, André Breton and Robert Desnos. Photograph: Corbis “All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.” Had this yearning...
by | May 22, 2008 | Literary News
from New York Press ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO SQUINT If the New York Times disappears, will the world survive? DAVID BLUM ponders a future without ink stains. By David Blum Gay Talese won’t go online, bless his ornery old-fashioned soul. He answers his phone like...
by | May 22, 2008 | Literary News
from Salon.com Who killed the literary critic? In the age of blogging, great critics appear to be on life support. Salon’s book reviewers discuss snobbery, how to make criticism fun and the need for cultural gatekeepers. By Louis Bayard and Laura Miller Read...
by | May 22, 2008 | Literary News
from MediaBistro’s GalleyCat Harpers and The New Yorker Both Have New Book Blogs Because heaven knows the world needs more book blogs, the New Yorker now has a blog called The Book Bench, named after their office’s discarded-book pile (pictured)....
by | May 20, 2008 | Literary News
from MediaBistro’s GalleyCat Thief in the CNN mailroom! It appears that the CNN mailroom has an entrepreneur who, rather than schlep stolen books down to the Strand bookstore for some cold hard cash, is selling them on eBay. This just came in through the...
