by | Apr 14, 2013 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News
from The Sydney Morning Herald Badder but wiser Jane Sullivan The ever-excessive Hunter S. Thompson. Photo: Getty Images I think I’ve finally worked out what’s gone wrong with my brilliant literary career. I need to smoke opium, swig absinthe and keep a...
by | Apr 7, 2013 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The New York Times A Year in Trees By BILL HAYES Rebecca Mock SOMEONE asked me the other day how I had gotten over the sudden death of someone I loved. What I wanted to say but found myself unable to explain (for it would have sounded too strange) was that I...
by | Apr 3, 2013 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The New York Times Once a ‘Cuckoo’s Nest,’ Now a Museum By KIRK JOHNSON The movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was filmed at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem. The new Museum of Mental Health honors the experiences of the patients who...
by | Mar 22, 2013 | Literary News
from MediaBistro’s GalleyCat Chinua Achebe Has Died By Jason Boog The Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe has passed away. He was 82 years old. Achebe wrote Things Fall Apart in 1958, his first novel and also his most well-known book. He also wrote Anthills of the...
by | Mar 18, 2013 | Literary News, Projects
from I AM NUMBER FOUR Pittacus Lore Answers: The Fall of Five To celebrate the announcement of Book 4′s title, Pittacus Lore has answered one of YOUR burning questions about The Fall of Five! When we asked for fan questions on our Facebook page, many of you wanted to...
by | Mar 15, 2013 | Literary News
from Kahn’s Corner 100 years, 94 books 1913: The Inside of the Cup by Winston Churchill 1914: The Eyes of the World by Harold Bell Wright 1915: The Turmoil by Booth Tarkington 1916: Seventeen by Booth Tarkington 1917: Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. Wells...
