Or, briefly displayed in the background at least… While I was enjoying a cheeseburger with back and pepperjack cheese at my local Chammps franchise restaurant, this little ‘ole blog was making it’s bigtime debut. The eagle-eyed editor of Syntax of Things emailed me to state that during a James Frey conversation on Wolf Blitzer’s Situation [...]
Archive | January, 2006
Book Deal for PopMatters
Posted on 11 January 2006.
Publishers Weekly was among several yesterday to report on a new deal between Soft Skull Press and my colleagues over at PopMatters. The report stated “the new imprint will bring the site’s essays, reviews and other ruminations on pop culture into traditional print form.” Wonder if this will suddenly make all of reviewers turn in [...]
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Frey to Appear on Larry King Live
Posted on 11 January 2006.
Syntax of Things alerted me to the need of setting my VCR tonight (that Tivo stuff is too crazy for me) since James Frey will appear on CNN’s Larry King Live program. I would say this would draw high ratings for the talk show, but let’s keep things in proper context. This may be something [...]
More Literary Truths
Posted on 11 January 2006.
From the informative Bookslut, I learned of this educational post… Encyclopedia Hanasiana reminds us that it is a long standing tradition for American writers to be less than truthful about their work. Among other discoveries, Jeff Hanas points out that “Thoreau never actually stayed at Walden Pond, relying instead on the observations of a series [...]
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Frey Expose
Posted on 10 January 2006.
As I’m sure everyone knows, there were serious doubts raised about James Frey and his memoir A Million Little Pieces by The Smoking Gun. This was all over the literary news yesterday and was even picked up by CNN. The short version is that the Smoking Gun folks spent six weeks investigating Frey’s claims [...]
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5 Million Da Vincis
Posted on 10 January 2006.
Following up on earlier reports of a release date for The Da Vinci Code paperback, Publishers Weekly reported yesterday that Anchor Books confirmed a total print run of 5 million copies. I think the always informative and entertaining Bookninja had the most humorous comment on this new yesterday when they wrote “one can only wonder whether [...]
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Free Watch Contest
Posted on 10 January 2006.
Our sister-site, WristWatchReview, is giving away a free Nooka ZOT watch. All you have to do is fill out their online survey. We are all trying to find out how we can improve and serve you better in the future. So fill out this survey and get a chance to win a cool watch [...]
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The Lens on JT Leroy Begins to Focus
Posted on 09 January 2006.
Something else from the New York Times… Recently, there has been more conversation about the identity of JT Leroy than I care to recount. However, in today’s New York Times, there is an article entitled The Unmasking of JT Leroy: In Public, He’s a She by Warren St. John that seems more definitive, more [...]
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More on Cox’s Big Week
Posted on 09 January 2006.
On Thursday, I commented on the amazing week of Ana Marie Cox, former Wonkette editor and author of the recently released Dog Days. On Monday, she quit her day job. On Tuesday, her debut novel was reviewed in the New York Times. On Wednesday, a “mid-six-figured” book deal was announced. On Thursday, she was profiled [...]
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Great Discount to Literary Journals
Posted on 09 January 2006.
Over at the Emerging Writers Network, Dan does a yeoman’s job supporting literature. He reads a ton, writes a ton, and doesn’t seek any sort of personal gain other than the joy of helping to spread the cause of good literature. And this time, he’s really outdone himself… Dan worked diligently behind the scenes to [...]
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Jeff Kleinman Part of a New Literary Agency
Posted on 09 January 2006.
GalleyCat reported on Friday about Folio Literary Management, the newest superagency. The new agency is reported to feature three agents: Scott Hoffman (formerly of PMA Lit & Film), Jeff Kleinman (formerly of Graybill & English), and Paige Wheeler (founder of Creative Media Agency). Contact information has not yet been announced, nor has anything been said about which of [...]
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A Paperback Da Vinci… Finally
Posted on 09 January 2006.
After literally years of speculation about when a paperback version of The Da Vinci Code would be released, details began to trickle out on Friday about an Anchor Books mass-market edition. Publishers Weekly reported that Anchor will release the paperback on March 28, 2006 and although details are closely guarded by the publisher, estimates [...]
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Hundreds and Hundreds of Pages
Posted on 09 January 2006.
This is gonna be a big, massive, door-stopper of a book… A item on Publishers Marketplace last week reported that “Lawrence Ross’s expose that looks at every aspect of the adult film industry from the African-American perspective while analyzing the sociological, psychological, and physical effects that pornography has on its participants and viewers” recently sold [...]
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Sony Unveils New E-Book Reader
Posted on 06 January 2006.
As all card-carrying gadget geeks know, the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show is going on right now, bringing visions of a techie utopia to everyone who lusts after the latest cellphone, bluetooth gadget, plasma television, or motorized floating rafts. Myself, I freaking hate cellphones and still lug around my old bag phone that I [...]
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