by | Apr 14, 2015 | Literary News
from The New Yorker The Greatness of Günter Grass BY SALMAN RUSHDIE CREDITPHOTOGRAPH BY RENE BURRI / MAGNUM In 1982, when I was in Hamburg for the publication of the German translation of “Midnight’s Children,” I was asked by my publishers if I would like to meet...
by | Mar 3, 2015 | Literary News
from NY1 One on 1 Profile: Editor/Publisher Nan Talese Continues Her Legacy in the World of Books By Budd Mishkin In any book, one of the most heartfelt thank yous from an author usually goes to the book editor, and for many years, some of the most prominent authors...
by | Feb 16, 2015 | Literary News
from The New York Times An Appraisal: The Poet Philip Levine, an Outsider Archiving the Forgotten By DWIGHT GARNER Della and Tatum, Sweet Pea and Packy, Ida and Cal. You met a lot of unpretentious people in Philip Levine’s spare, ironic poems of the industrial...
by | Jan 30, 2015 | Literary News
from The New York Times Rod McKuen, Poet and Lyricist With Vast Following, Dies at 81 By MARGALIT FOX Rod McKuen, a ubiquitous poet, lyricist and songwriter whose work met with immense commercial success if little critical esteem, died on Thursday in Beverly Hills,...
by | Jan 27, 2015 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from Independent.ie Television Review: A million little works of fiction Illustration: Jim Cogan ‘Based on a true story” ….”Inspired by actual events”…automatically these words on the opening credits lend an extra frisson to a film...
