December 19, 2006
Reading Notes
The writer’s notebook asks us to imagine the prehistory of a literary work: or perhaps its afterlife in the mind of the writer. How do we record (and do we […]
December 19, 2006
Short Takes
Joseph Barbera is dead, and the world is a little sadder for it. Ellis was made for horror. Regan fallout, Regan fallout, and more Regan fallout. “Most days I’m with […]
December 18, 2006
Short Takes
This is–what, the third article on Fagles’ Aeneid The New York Times has run this year? Why, yes. Here’s one and two. Though, interestingly, he didn’t make the 10 Best […]
December 16, 2006
Judith Reagan’s Out
The story’s here, here, here and here. Gothamist points out that According to the Times it was not clear if Regan was fired from just HarperCollins or from the News […]
December 16, 2006
Sorry to Disappoint…
…but due to the difficulty of trying to schedule anything during the holiday season, author interviews will be on hold until the New Year. You are welcome to browse the […]
December 16, 2006
Note This
Weeks ago when a poem of Robert Frost’s was not only unearthed and published, it made all of us think of the mystery of missing archives: where are the lost […]
December 15, 2006
Short Takes
Yo, Rachel Donadio, I got your literary feud right here. I was always told to avoid them. “Boy emerged in Middle English (no attestation before 1240) and first meant ‘servant,’ […]
December 14, 2006
In Search of K
As some of you know, from time to time, we at KR ask for guest contributions to the blog. It is in this spirit that I introduce to you David […]
December 14, 2006
Short Takes
Take that, New York. Serves you right for all the Foers you’ve foisted upon the unsuspecting public. So my dad and my stepmother went on their first date because of […]
December 13, 2006
Workshop Finale
Well, we had our last fiction workshop of the term on Monday night over pizza at my house. On the one hand, it’s been a long semester and I’m glad […]
December 13, 2006
Short Takes
Breaking: Augusten Burroughs not entirely honest (this is news?). “As is inscribed above The New Criterion’s office door: ‘no good deed goes unpunished.'” I smell a litmag feud brewing. Ever […]
December 12, 2006
Short Takes
Dickens: all about the “Bah, humbug.” Galleycat considers the LA Times’ Best-of List. “A few summers back, mere months before the ship really began to sink, I was an intern […]