McCarthy’s Olivetti

from the NY Times Cormac McCarthy’s Typewriter Brings $254,500 at Auction By RANDY KENNEDY  Christie’sCormac McCarthy’s typewriter The little typewriter that clacked out about 5 million fairly renowned words over 50 years — with the able assistance of the...

James Frey and His Son Leo Siddhartha Frey

from StrollerDerby for RED James Frey shares his devastation over losing his son Posted by editors on December 1st, 2009 at 9:00 am   This World Aids Day, author James Frey shares his devastation over losing his son and asks us to help all of the chidren who...

Borders UK Gone

from The Bookseller Administrators begin ‘closing down’ sales at Borders UK 30.11.09 Benedicte Page Borders UK launched a closing down sale this weekend, with all 45 branded Borders and Books Etc stores across the UK affected. The news will fuel concern...

Really Awful Library Books

from the Awful Library Books blog How to Really Love Your TeenagerCampbell1982 Thanks to anonymous submitter for this title.  This title creeped me out when I first read it.  Emphasis on “really” made me do a double take.  Maybe I watch too much television and assume...

The First Modern Woman

from DailyLit Madame de Staël: The First Modern Woman by FRANCINE DU PLESSIX GRAY Madame de Staël has been made available for free through January 2010 thanks to the sponsorship of Diane von Furstenberg. Diane read the book recently and liked it so much that she...

J. Edgar Hoover Obsessed With Studs

from AP via the Fresno Bee File shows FBI watched writer Terkel for decades CHICAGO — An FBI file released to a New York media outlet shows the agency kept watch on the late Chicago author Studs Terkel for decades. It also shows that Terkel once applied for a...