Curiosities
May 19, 2012
“So we baste on, birds within the oven, burned back ceaselessly into the past.” 0
by Nick Moran
November’s still a way’s away, so that gives you plenty of time to learn and master F. Scott Fitzgerald’s turkey recipes.
May 19, 2012
Gass Goes Digital 0
by Nick Moran
Stephen Schenkenberg paired a previously unpublished 15,000-word essay by William H. Gass with a series of abstract photographs by Michael Eastman, and he’s released the entire package as an interactive iPad e-book.
May 19, 2012
Jean Craighead George Passes Away 0
by Nick Moran
Celebrated author Jean Craighead George passed away this week at the age of 92. George published more than 100 books throughout her career, often focusing on the environment and the natural world, most famously in My Side of the Mountain and in her Newbery Medal-winner, Julie of the Wolves.
May 18, 2012
Amazon: criticism you can count on 0
by Emily M. Keeler
A study of the top 100 non-fiction titles between 2004 and 2007, and the major media and Amazon reviews for each title, yields some fascinating results: “experts and consumers agreed in aggregate about the quality of a book.”
May 18, 2012
Final Thoughts 0
by Emily M. Keeler
“If this was our own son and daughter, would we stop loving them simply because they had dreams of making it big on the stage, or in a career that few people actually respect? No way.” Jerry Springer on making art.
May 18, 2012
Sweet peas rejoice! 0
by Emily M. Keeler
Dear Sugar is back in action after a few months break from her advice column. And thank heavens, because reading this #LitBeat about an event in her honor over and over just wasn’t cutting it anymore.
