by | Jan 22, 2010 | Literary News
from CNN Big city left with no bookstore By Ed Lavandera, CNN Laredo, Texas (CNN) — The bookstore was Zhuara Rivera’s magical “Neverland.” It offered a fairy tale world for 14-year-old Rivera to get lost in stories and words. But the books are...
by | Jan 14, 2010 | Culture Music Art, Literary News, Los Angeles
from The LA Weekly Bodhi Tree Bookstore Is Closing: Bad News for Buddhists By Gendy Alimurung Bad news for Buddhists and others seeking enlightenment: the Bodhi Tree Bookstore is closing. Owners Phil Thompson and Stan Madson informed their staff last Wednesday that...
by | Jan 10, 2010 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The New York Times Led Zeppelin, Gods of Rock on the Celestial Staircase Neal Preston/Corbis By Rick Moody Young rock enthusiasts of the 21st century, those of you who listen to your music on a little shiny thing with earphones and who read only on an LCD screen,...
by | Jan 10, 2010 | Literary News
from Daily Finance Book Magazine Kirkus Reviews Lives to Write Another Day SARAH WEINMAN Late last year, Nielsen Business Media announced it would shut down two venerable trade magazines: newspaper industry-centric Editor & Publisher and book industry...
by | Jan 9, 2010 | Literary News
from The Guardian UK John Guare: ‘Writing is a blood sport’ John Guare, author of Six Degrees of Separation, on why drama is a brutal business – and why Amanda Knox is his new muse by Emma Brockes Made in Manhattan … John Guare nearby his New York...
by | Jan 6, 2010 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News
from The LA Times James Frey’s best work? January 6, 2010 | 11:20 am Smith Magazine’s six-word memoirs have been lodged in the literary firmament since the 2008 release of “Not Quite What I Was Planning,” a pocket-sized collection that became a...
