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  Ill with pneumonia, Barry Hannah was forced to cancel a reading in Tallahassee, FL last night. In his place, Florida State University grad student Michael Garriga and FSU writing professor Bob Shacochis stepped up and read their favority Hannah stories. Get well soon, Barry.

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  Former X-Men illustrator Dave Cockrum passed away on Sunday. According to this CNN article, Cockrum was wearing Superman pajamas and was warmed by a Batman blanket at the time of his death. A family friend indicated that Cockrum will be cremated in a Green Lantern T-shirt. I guess that’s the comic book equivalent of [...]

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On Monday, I posted a slightly facetious explanation of why that author won’t help you. I’ve been blessed with assistance from a number of kind-hearted writers so I know that the sarcastic species of authors I detailed on Monday are not alone in the literary landscape. There are people willing to help you. And today, I’ll try to be [...]

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  Undoubtedly, you have noticed how literary bloggers are impossibly popular with the ladies. Since I prefer for Slushpile.net to remain at least reasonably polite and fit for mixed company, I spend a great deal of time deleting the comments left by nubile young ladies offering themselves up to me. When I arrive at literary events, my limosine is besieged by crowds of adoring female fans. And [...]

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  I’ve become one part therapist, two parts bartender, and one part strategist. Loyal Slushpile.net readers email me to ask about getting this or that author to assist in their quest for publication. “All he has to do is give my manuscript to his editor!” one exasperated emailer exclaimed. “He’s got an agent, a book deal, [...]

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There’s a feeling I get when I look to the West… Although Robert Plant had hedgerows, May Queens, and stairways in mind when he sang that lyric, the history of Led Zeppelin does in fact contain a healthy dose of Los Angeles. So it’s fitting that Bret Easton Ellis chose that line as the epigraph for [...]

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  Syntax of Things pointed out this article in the LA Times about William Faulkner’s vampire film script. “As the exclusive representative of the William Faulkner Literary Estate, producer Lee Caplin (‘Ali’) has had access to the vaunted Mississippi writer’s letters, sketches, notes and other literary works for years. So when Jill Faulkner Summers, the [...]

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  So I know this probably marks me as the un-hippest cat around. But, prior to last evening, I hadn’t read any of the Hard Case Crime books. As their website states, “Hard Case Crime brings you the best in hardboiled crime fiction, ranging from lost noir masterpieces to new novels by today’s most powerful [...]

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  Booker Award-winning Margaret Atwood discusses her new collection of stories, Moral Disorder, at the downtown Washington, DC location of Borders (18th and L Streets, Northwest DC) tonight at 7pm. Call 202-466-4999 for more information.

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The New York Times had an interesting review of Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story yesterday. What makes Jim Windolf’s examination intriguing is that it’s not just a review of a new novel, but rather an examination of the author character throughout King’s body of work. Windolf also looks at how King’s reputation has shifted over the last [...]

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  Over at Beatrice today, I posted a brief note about Tom Zoellner’s The Heartless Stone: A Journey Throught the World of Diamonds, Deceit and Desire. This fascinating book will have you looking at those shiny trinkets in an entirely different way.

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