by | Jan 9, 2012 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The Wall Street Journal John McWhinnie, Rare Book Dealer, Dies At a friend’s wedding in 2005, John McWhinnie once distilled some love letters that Orson Welles had written to Rita Hayworth in the 1940s and read the short passage to the assembled guests....
by | Jan 3, 2012 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News
from Refinery 29 James Frey’s Reading List: 6 Books You Need This Winter By Kristian Laliberte Even if one of your New Year’s resolutions wasn’t to read more, we think we could all benefit from less Bachelor-watching and more Bovary. PS, The Girl...
by | Dec 29, 2011 | Literary News
from MediaBistro’s eBOOKNEWSER HarperCollins Saw 100 Thousand eBook Downloads on Christmas Day By Nate Hoffelder on December 29, 2011 4:02 PM It looks like everyone had a record number of eBook downloads on Christmas day. HarperCollins reported yesterday that...
by | Dec 17, 2011 | Literary News
from Vanity Fair In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011 by Juli Weiner Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the age of 62. Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the...
by | Dec 10, 2011 | Literary News
from The New York Daily News Oscar Wilde’s tombstone now clean of lipstick kisses Actor Rupert Everett and Oscar Wilde’s grandson have unveiled a makeover of the writer’s gravesite on the 111th anniversary of his death. The tomb had become such a...
by | Nov 22, 2011 | Literary News
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