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...
by | May 18, 2008 | Literary News
from the New York Times article ‘One or Two Murderers in Any Crowd’ To The Reader by Charles Simic Don’t you hear me Bang my head Against your wall? Of course, you do, So how come You don’t answer me? Bang your head On your side of the wall And keep me company. [...
by | May 15, 2008 | Literary News
from the Guardian UK Different beats Chris Wiegand talks to the creators of two very dissimilar detectives, both at work in Istanbul’s meanest streets Listen to Mehmet Murat Somer read from The Prophet Murders Alternative Istanbuls … Barbara Nadel (left)...
by | May 14, 2008 | Literary News, Los Angeles
Esotouric and City Lights Books present: BookExpo Edition of Charles Bukowski’s LA Saturday, May 31st 2008 BookExpo attendees, show your badge when boarding to receive a free Bukbird beer coaster featuring Tony Millionaire’s cartoon bluebird character, and...
