August 11, 2006
Goodness.
I’ve been sitting on this a little while because, frankly, it is bizarre to read about an acquaintance of yours in the news. Our international editor, it seems, has written […]
August 10, 2006
Links of the Day: The Hot Under the Collar Edition
Novels have an unfortunate habit of surviving marriages (via Booksquare). When asked “what writing a column is like,” 26% of salaried columnists called it a job and 17% likened it […]
August 10, 2006
The Ethics of the Hatchet Job.
There’s an old saw about the pen being mightier, when employed in this kind of writing, it is virtually indistinguishable from the sword. You love them. You know you do. […]
August 9, 2006
Notes From the Slush Pile
I’ve been working for The Kenyon Review either as a student associate or as an intern for four years now, and I’ve read thousands of submissions in that time. I […]
August 9, 2006
Popularity Contests… For Books?
Just one more thing for authors to worry about: Though MySpace bills itself as “a place for friends,” the networking site has become much more than just simple friendship: These […]
August 8, 2006
More on Nonfiction…
Toni Schlesinger is featured at The Believer. Interestingly, she doesn’t believe in tape recorders for her Shelter column: “I do not use a tape recorder,” she explains in the book’s […]
August 8, 2006
Really, Salon?
A literary guide to the world? Doesn’t that seem, well, a little ambitious? I’m not even going to start about how the Jersey Shore makes the list when we find […]
August 8, 2006
Short Takes
Language Log takes on iTunes’ censoring system: “C*m Sancto Spiritu.” No doubt Bach would be proud. Also on Language Log: Boston’s city council only cares about the important things. The […]
August 7, 2006
Nonfiction v. Fiction: Another Iteration
Almost a year ago now, Rachel Donadio published “Truth Is Stronger Than Fiction” in The New York Times. In the most recent VQR, Brock Clarke goes toe-to-toe, gutting Tom Wolfe […]
August 7, 2006
Weekend Roundup
Language Log takes apart sex-linked lexical budgets; turns out they’re totally unsubstantiated. Also on Language Log: who died and made you king? Penguin Classics has collected 100 “perfect” books. The […]
August 4, 2006
Print in the News
Life after death, muckraked by (who else?) The New York Post: A controversial new book by Jack Holland, “Misogyny, the World’s Oldest Prejudice,” that is being published posthumously, is slated […]
August 4, 2006
HarperCollins Podcasting
via Syntax of Things: iAmplify and HarperCollins Publishers today launched the Digital Media Cafe, a new audio and video content initiative from HarperCollins powered by the iAmplify proprietary syndication platform, […]