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The Boxer

josephsreviews wrote 1 week ago: “Maybe he realized…  the utter aloneness of the fighter – despite the hangers-on, … more →

Tags: African-Americans, Ben Cramer, Book Review, Books, boxing, Civil Rights, hardbound, Harlem, Jane, Leavy

Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita & Humbert Humbert, Flora-Laura & Hubert H. Hubert

pjlr wrote 2 weeks ago: Michiko Kakutani has written an interesting review entitled “In a Sketchy Hall of Mirrors, Nab … more →

Tags: Links, Nothing Is Invisible, Culture, Education, Literature, film, The New York Times, Wikipedia, Vladimir Nabokov

Learning to Love Robert Altman3 comments

Jason Diamond wrote 1 month ago: By Jason Diamond There is hardly any film director that I have tried to force myself to like as much … more →

Tags: film, Robert Altman

National Book Awards Finalists

Rene Tyree wrote 1 month ago: The National Book Awards finalists have been named. And here are your finalists for the Non-Fiction … more →

Tags: Books, National Book Awards, Adrienne Mayor, David M. Carroll, Following the Water: A Hydromancer's Notebook, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten, Greg Grandin, Houghton Mifflin Harcort, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt

Runemarks - Joanne Harris

thebooleyhouse wrote 2 months ago: Maddy has always been a bit of an outcast. Her father and sister are popular in town; perfectly norm … more →

Tags: Middle Shelf, apprenticeship, Faeries, Fantasy, Norse Mythology, Outcasts, Prophecy, Religion

BLOOD'S A ROVER by James Ellroy2 comments

jimmybing wrote 3 months ago: I’ve recently discovered this thing called “journalistic integrity.” The thing is, … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, american tabloid, Blood's a Rover, Books, Entertainment, James Ellroy, L.A. Confidential, Publishing, Reviews

Julia Child

gothampr wrote 3 months ago: After Michael Pollan’s scary article about the death of cooking in America, we were pleased to … more →

Tags: New York Times, Michael Pollan, julia child, julie&julia, nora ephron, mastering the art of french cooking, mcdonalds, amazon com, MSNBC

THE COLD SIX THOUSAND by James Ellroy

jimmybing wrote 3 months ago: James Ellroy returns with the second chapter in his Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, this one picking up m … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Reviews, James Ellroy, Blood's a Rover, american tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, Publishing

AMERICAN TABLOID by James Ellroy3 comments

jimmybing wrote 4 months ago: A question. Are reviewers bound by some code of ethics to be fair and balanced in the reviews they w … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Reviews, James Ellroy, Blood's a Rover, american tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, Publishing

My Bloggiesta!10 comments

judy wrote 5 months ago: One of the blogs I like to visit is Jocelyn Peyton’s Biblioaddict. I can spend a lot of time t … more →

Tags: On My Mind Now, Writing, Writers, and stuff we like, Judy Clement Wall, Blogging, Books, bloggiesta, Widgets, Chip Kidd, Book covers

Now Chip Kidd is in Newsweek

Tina Hay wrote 5 months ago: His work was just in the New York Times Sunday Book Review yesterday. Now Chip Kidd ’86 has a piece … more →

Tags: College of Arts and Architecture, Famous Penn Staters, Penn State alumni, Newsweek, Chip Kidd, New York Times, sunday book review, Book Design, Joyce Hoffman

Tender Morsels - Margo Lanagan1 comment

thebooleyhouse wrote 6 months ago: Outside a small village in (a slightly more magical) medieval Germany, Liga lives alone with her fat … more →

Tags: Shelf of Honor, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, animals, Outcasts, Historical Fantasy, Teen Pregnancy, sexual misconduct/rape, Margo Lanagan

Sideways Author Rex Pickett Names WriteBrain Media for PR

denisedorman wrote 7 months ago: For Immediate Release: Santa Monica, CA — April 29, 2009– Rex Pickett, the novelist behi … more →

Tags: Entertainment, LinkedIn, WriteBrain Media, Academy Award, Alexander Payne, Entertainment industry, pop culture, LA Times, sideways movie

Geek Love

tobikai wrote 7 months ago: Geek Love, Alfred A. Knopf (Random House), 1989 Katherine Dunn I became obsessed with this book. I r … more →

Tags: Lit Purée, Literature, Fiction

Grab its greatness.3 comments

jimmybing wrote 7 months ago: The good folks at Knopf were generous enough to send this over. For the uninitiated, or those who ca … more →

Tags: Book News, american tabloid, Blood's a Rover, Books, James Ellroy, L.A. Confidential, Reviews, The Black Dahlia, The Cold Six Thousand

Book Review: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

lesismore wrote 8 months ago: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir By Haruki Murakami Published July 29, 2008 Alf … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Book Review, memoir, haruki murakami, what i talk about when i talk about running, Running, marathon, Norwegian Wood

Publisher Alfred A. Knopf dies at age 90

edsweb wrote 9 months ago: From the New York Times, by way of the San Francisco Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl … more →

Tags: Books Carnival, Publishing, News, Classic Literature, Book Reviews, antheneum publishers, bobbs-merrill, the last of the just, the making of the president 1960

The Ruby in the Smoke, a Sally Lockhart Mystery - Philip Pullman

thebooleyhouse wrote 10 months ago: Phillip Pullman writes a Victorian mystery. What, you need me to tell you more? Sally’s father … more →

Tags: Top Shelf, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Philip Pullman, British

Nobel Naipaul and his many enemies

asianwindow wrote 1 year ago: Patrick French’s biography of V.S. Naipaul (The World is What it Is, 554 pp, Alfred A. Knopf, … more →

Tags: Books, vs naipaul, Patrick French, Patricia Hale, Margaret Gooding, The World Is What It Is, review of The World Is What It Is


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