Monday Miscellany

Writing ‘Rudolph’: The Original Red-Nosed Manuscript From NPR comes a delightful tale of how Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer, came to be, first in a story, then in a song, and finally in a movie. Sherlock Holmes stories enter public domain in U.S. A federal judge has issued a declarative judgment stating that Holmes, Dr. John […]

Monday Miscellany Read More »

Monday Miscellany: More Best Books Lists

The Best Books of 2013 Book-selling giant Amazon of course has lots of best books lists. Check out these categories: Editors’ Top 20 Picks Top 20 Customer Favorites arts & photography audiobooks biographies & memoirs business & investing children’s books comics & graphic novels cookbooks & food writing crafts, home, & garden gift picks history

Monday Miscellany: More Best Books Lists Read More »

Ned Vizzini dies at 32: Fans mourn ‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story’ writer – TODAY.com

Ned Vizzini dies at 32: Fans mourn ‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story’ writer – TODAY.com Read More »

Monday Miscellany: Best Books Round-Up

The lists of best books for 2013 are accumulating quickly. Here are some that I’ve found so far. The 10 Best Books of 2013 Courtesy of The New York Times, the five best works of fiction and of nonfiction. Best Books of 2013 Goodreads readers have spoken. See their top choices for the year in

Monday Miscellany: Best Books Round-Up Read More »

National Book Awards go to James McBride, George Packer

National Book Awards go to James McBride, George Packer Read More »

AP News: Mexican author wins Spain Cervantes letters prize

AP News: Mexican author wins Spain Cervantes letters prize Read More »

Barbara Park, Junie B. Jones author, dead at 66

Barbara Park, a former class clown who channeled her irreverence into the million-selling mishaps of grade schooler Junie B. Jones, has died. She was 66. Park died Friday after a long battle with ovarian cancer, according to a statement released Sunday by Random House Books for Young Readers. She was a longtime resident of Scottsdale,

Barbara Park, Junie B. Jones author, dead at 66 Read More »

Doris Lessing, Nobel-winning writer, dies at 94

Doris Lessing, Nobel-winning writer, dies at 94 Read More »

New literary journal seeks writers, more

What’s old is new again in the pages of “Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovered Objects.” If you like to write and pursue other creative endeavors, you’ll want to learn more about this new literary publication from Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. It’s connected with the school’s master of fine arts program in creative

New literary journal seeks writers, more Read More »

Scroll to Top