I am not a morning person. But there seems to be something sacred about 4:30 AM. That’s when my best thoughts gently shake me awake. This Thanksgiving morning greeted me with the realization of how much online existence has increased the quality of my life. We talk and read a lot about how the electronic […]
Happy Thanksgiving to all friends here in the U. S. I’m thankful for all of you.
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Some interesting takes on the literary world this week. Out of Touch: E-reading isn’t reading Slate caused quite a stir recently with its publication of this excerpt from Andrew Piper’s recent book Book Was There: Reading in Electronic Times (University of Chicago Press, 2012): Amid the seemingly endless debates today about the future of reading,
Louise Erdrich’s Novel ‘The Round House’ Wins National Book Award – NYTimes.com Beating out an unusually competitive field, Louise Erdrich won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday night for “The Round House,” a novel about a teenage boy’s effort to investigate an attack on his mother on a North Dakota reservation, and his
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Not even Thanksgiving, and yet we have our first offerings in the annual best-books-list marathon. Best Books 2012 This is the lead-in page to Publishers Weekly’s lists: Top 10 Best Books of the Year Fiction Mystery/Thriller Poetry Romance SF/Fantasy/Horror Comics Nonfiction Children’s Picture Books Children’s Fiction Children’s Nonfiction Religion Lifestyle Best Books of the Year:
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Yes, there were stories in the news this past week other than the U. S. election. Author Philip Roth says he is done with writing An icon—or iconoclast, depending on your point of view—of American literature casually announced that he won’t be writing any more books. He admitted to a French magazine that he hasn’t
Some interesting reading this week. The Q&A: James Ellroy: Writing scandal An interesting interview with the author of one of my favorite novels, LA Confidential. Read why Ellroy tries to avoid popular culture and why he doesn’t write books about the present. And read why he says, ” I don’t read.” Reading 125 Titles A
Today’s links. The Most Dysfunctional Families in Literature Neuroses run rampant across three generations of the Middlestein family in Jami Attenberg’s sublime new novel, The Middlesteins. See why Attenberg includes the families from the following books on her list: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver A Game
2012 Whiting Award winners announced – latimes.com The Whiting Foundation announced its 2012 literary award recipients Tuesday. The 10 authors will each receive a $50,000 grant, no strings attached. The Whiting Awards are geared to help extraordinary new writers find the footing to achieve success. Awards are made to poets, novelists, short-story writers, playwrights and
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