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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)