Recent Articles
September 2, 2010
Roald Dahl and the Hilariously Bad Grades 0
by Ujala Sehgal
A newly released Roald Dahl collection, The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets, includes a secret ending to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and excerpts from the author’s hilariously bad report cards. Wrote one teacher about Dahl in 1931: “”A persistent muddler. Vocabulary negligible, sentences malconstructed. He reminds me of a camel.” (via Galley Cat)
September 2, 2010
“Ish” Writes to Granta 0
by Ujala Sehgal
From Granta, we learn that Kazuo Ishiguro likes to go by “Ish.”
September 2, 2010
Neal Stephenson’s New Digital Novel 0
by Ujala Sehgal
The New York Times reports on the launch of Neal Stephenson’s new serialized digital novel, The Mongoliad, complete with video, music, and user-profiles. (via AuthorScoop)
September 2, 2010
Zen and the Art of Image Maintenance 3
by Lizzie Skurnick
Julia Roberts may star in the movie Eat, Pray, Love. But it’s Elizabeth Gilbert who’s turning in the performance of a lifetime.
September 2, 2010
File Under: Self-Realization in Women 1
by Anne K. Yoder
Elizabeth Gilbert speaks to fantasies, specifically the 21st century American variety of jet-set enlightenment.
September 1, 2010
Video Killed the Print Review 0
by Anne K. Yoder
The Washington Post’s Ron Charles takes the art of book reviewing to video in a humorous and thoughtful review of Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom. (via Galleycat)
