Because I know you need something for the weekend. These links go well with an earthy red wine. I’m always a fan of Largehearted Boy’s Book Notes column, in which he asks a writer what music inspired a particular book. In the current edition, Peter Straub discusses the jazz he listened to while penning his [...]
I know most of you on the East Coast are snowed in, and those of us on this coast are…well, it rained yesterday. That’s something. Anyway, here is some reading to occupy you for these next few snow days (you lucky bums): The Millions is running a two part interview with David Shields about his [...]
Recently, Stephenie Meyer and Janet Evanovich signed deals to produce graphic novels of some of their work. This seems like a great move for both of them, as well as for their publishers. Evanovich in particular, might find a new audience amongst graphic novel aficionados while the publishers of the work can use the authors’ [...]
It’s a sleepy, gloomy Friday here in Pasadena. In other words, it’s a great day to curl up with a good book and a cup of coffee or tea (or something stronger, maybe), and read a good book. I recommend Nick Flynn’s new memoir The Ticking is the Bomb, a book that somehow manages to [...]
I woke up with a brilliant idea: I was going to make the entire internet repeat itself so that it appeared exactly the same as it was yesterday. The problem is that I couldn’t get everyone else to go along with it. The other sites, they have no sense of humor. “We have news to [...]
I’m not going to get into the great ebook price war of 2010. Why? I don’t have the energy. Or the desire. Or the time. If you’re interested in it, there are a plethora of great links out there. Please go read them. In the meantime, here are few interesting pieces on ebooks, piracy and [...]
What do say at a moment like this? In a way, we’ve felt Salinger’s loss for years — the great author in seclusion in rural New England. Occasionally, though, evidence of his existence seeped out — a photograph of him at the supermarket, maybe, pushing a cart like a mortal, like a person who needed [...]
A lot has happened today. Apple released the new iPad, which, in turn, released a wave of terrible jokes on the internet. President Obama will deliver the State of the Union address tonight. So, yeah, it’s a big day. Read all about it: Author and historian Howard Zinn passed away today. He is, of course, [...]
It’s going to rain again. This is big news around here. Two weeks of rain? It’s like we live in Seattle all of a sudden, except that we don’t have an NFL team and we have two NBA teams. So, not much like Seattle, actually. Anyway, here are a few bookish links to get you [...]
A lot happened over the weekend (and not just to Brett Favre). Here’s a quick primer to get you caught up so you can get back to that collating you were doing. The National Book Critics Circle has announced the finalists for its 2009 awards. Among the finalists for the fiction prize are NBA finalists [...]
