Sorry for the lack of posting recently. I had the best of intentions, and even lugged a laptop along with me to the islands, but I’m afraid tradewinds and crashing surf just isn’t conducive to blogging about books. Every morning I wake up to the sound of the waves and just can’t bring myself to […]
There is an interesting article on Knopf’s recent Pulitzer Prize trifecta in The New York Times. According to the article, Knopf authors have won 58 Pulitzers.
So it seems the Pulitzer committee doesn’t hold the same grudge against Knopf that NYT critic Michiko Kakutani sometimes seems to.
The free copy of Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion: From Reagan’s Workplaces to Clinton’s Columbine and Beyond by a lucky reader on Friday. Thanks to everyone who emailed in!
You might remember that I reviewed Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion: From Reagan’s Workplaces to Clinton’s Columbine and Beyond by Mark Ames for PopMatters last May. I was reminded of this challenging book a couple of weeks ago when there was an incident at a friend’s workplace that involved evacuations, security, and police. And of course, the […]
My colleagues over at The LitBlog Co-Op announced the winner of the Spring 2007 Read This! selection. Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead by Alan DeNiro is “a collection of short stories that combines the fantastic with the prosaic” and is sure to please.
In addition to discussing the winner, we’ll also focus a great […]
The great Syntax of Things points out this article that explains there are thirty-two surveillance cameras within 200 yards of 1984 author George Orwell’s flat.
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut died Wednesday at 84 years of age. He will be sorely missed.
Check out my post on Anthony Bourdain’s The Nasty Bits over at Beatrice.com today.
The new issue of Tin House is trickling out and starting to hit the stores. I have a brief piece in the magazine, but the reason I’m mentioning it is because the contents are amazing. New fiction from Sam Lipsyte, Ron Rash, and others and great fiction and essays from a number of writers, including a piece […]