by | Apr 18, 2016 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The New Yorker Vladimir Nabokov, Butterfly Illustrator BY ELIF BATUMAN Vladimir Nabokov began collecting lepidoptera at the age of seven. Throughout a long and protean literary career, his passion for insects remained unwavering. He published his first verses as...
by | Apr 4, 2016 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from the Richmond Times-Dispatch My Life: Imparting life lessons among 10th-grade teacher’s favorite tasks by Christina Grande CHRISTINA GRANDE When I was in third grade, I dressed up as a teacher for Halloween. My mom sprayed my jet-black hair gray (with...
by | Mar 30, 2016 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News
from Booktrade Eric Simonoff Winner Of Center For Fiction’s Maxwell E. Perkins Award ERIC SIMONOFF NAMED WINNER OF THE 2016 MAXWELL E. PERKINS AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN THE FIELD OF FICTION Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times March 29th, 2016,...
by | Mar 13, 2016 | Literary News, Projects
from hypable Danielle Paige discusses writing the way home in ‘Yellow Brick War’ (plus exclusive teaser!) BY MICHAL SCHICK Danielle Paige shares her thoughts on Wicked developments and new challenges in Yellow Brick War, and we have an exclusive teaser for Dorothy’s...
by | Mar 4, 2016 | Literary News
from the Express and Star World Book Day: What are the stars reading? Ricki Hall recommended James Frey’s novel From a biography of a Second World War hero to a literary thriller about a man born out of wedlock to a feminist leader – the favourite reads of Black...
by | Feb 20, 2016 | Literary News
from NPR Italian Author And Philosopher Umberto Eco Dead At 84 by MERRIT KENNEDY Ulf Andersen/Getty Images Internationally acclaimed Italian author and philosopher Umberto Eco has died at age 84. His death was confirmed by his American publisher Houghton Mifflin...
