by | May 2, 2008 | Literary News
from Shelf-Awareness Awards: The Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke Prize Winners of the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America and announced last night, are: Best Novel: Down River by John Hart (St. Martin’s Minotaur) Best First Novel by an...
by | Apr 30, 2008 | Literary News
from the New York Observer Jonathan Franzen: Michiko Kakutani Is ‘The Stupidest Person in New York City’ BY LEON NEYFAKH | APRIL 29, 2008 | TAGS: MEDIA JONATHAN FRANZEN MICHIKO KAKUTANI Getty Images Speaking at Harvard yesterday during a discussion...
by | Apr 30, 2008 | Literary News
from the NY Times By RICHARD HELL This book collects nearly all the poems Aram Saroyan wrote in the 1960s, when he was in his early 20s and, as he put it, “the only person available at a typewriter who didn’t have some predetermined use in mind for it.” The resulting...
by | Apr 27, 2008 | Literary News
courtesy of Kelly Hewitt’s LOADED QUESTIONS blog Marie Phillips’ first novel finds a number of the famed Greek Gods and Goddesses living in modern day London, all packed in a dilapidated house that no one takes the time to upkeep. Far from the powerful...
by | Apr 25, 2008 | Literary News
from the London Telegraph Our critics present a selection of history’s most notable cult writing. Some is classic. Some is catastrophic. All of it had the power to inspire What is a cult book? We tried and failed to arrive at a definition: books often found in...
by | Apr 24, 2008 | Literary News
from the New York Times BOOKS OF THE TIMES Bullies, Addicts and Losers: A Poet Loves Them All By DWIGHT GARNER Published: April 24, 2008 A couple of years ago, writing in Poetry magazine, August Kleinzahler lighted a string of firecrackers under Garrison Keillor and...