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...
by | May 19, 2008 | Literary News
from the NY Daily News Winning poems from the Jackson Heights Poetry Festival Friday, May 9th 2008, 5:44 PM The two poems below were chosen from more than 100 entries from Queens middle- and high school students, and will be performed by their authors at the Jackson...
