Digital Granta’s New Blog Is Rad By Glynnis on Apr. 28, 2008 - 1:28 PM Lit mag Granta, under the auspices of new editor Jason Cowley, launches their redesigned website today with a bunch of bells and whistles including an online archive of the first 100 issues, web-exclusive interviews (the first is ...
Authors James Twitchell: Plagiarizing for God By Ethan on Apr. 28, 2008 - 1:12 PM According to the Gainsville Sun, James Twitchell admitted to plagiarism and in light of this news, Simon & Schuster is now delaying publication of the paperback version of Twitchell’s Shopping for God. Twitchell, an Engl ...
Authors A Sad Young Literary Man By Ethan on Apr. 28, 2008 - 12:28 PM There’s a lesson to be learned from Keith Gessen, author of All the Sad Young Literary Men: don’t check your amazon rankings. In the New York Times Sunday Styles section profile on him by Dave Itzkoff, he “lament ...
Book Biz Of Course We’re Relegated to the Back Entrance By Neal on Apr. 28, 2008 - 9:00 AM I confess—this isn’t really an indication of where publishing types fall in the pecking order in Los Angeles. It’s the West LA restaurant where Tina Dupuy of FishbowlLA and I met up so we could get to know each o ...
Events Scene @ Arianna’s Quantum Wellness Party By Neal on Apr. 28, 2008 - 8:44 AM About a year and a half ago, Kathy Freston threw a book party for Arianna Huffington at her Upper East Side townhouse—this weekend, Huffington returned the favor at her Brentwood estate, celebrating the publication of Fresto ...
Awards Michael Chabon Can Haz Nebula! By Neal on Apr. 28, 2008 - 7:05 AM It’s official—Michael Chabon‘s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, the first novel nominated for an Edgar, a Hugo, and a Nebula, has picked up that Nebula, which means he’s been recognized by the Science F ...
Awards Subterranean on top in Locus Awards By Ethan on Apr. 25, 2008 - 5:38 PM Subterranean Press – and works published by them – have made the final list in no less than five different categories for the Locus awards. Including best Magazine and Publisher. The winners will be announced at the Lo ...
Publishing Unboring Lit Links: Politics, Rapprochements, And Sex With Norman Mailer By Glynnis on Apr. 25, 2008 - 1:46 PM Curtis Sittenfeld‘s new novel ‘American Wife,’ coming in September, has a Laura Bush-esque narrator. [Paper Cuts] Sentences you never thought you’d read dept., Part 1:, “A 20-page sex scene from an un ...
Reviews “Crisis” Averted in San Francisco? By Neal on Apr. 25, 2008 - 12:26 PM “With all the grim news about cancelled book sections in the nation’s papers,” emails mystery author Laurie R. King, “I wanted to mention that the San Francisco Chronicle have expanded their book coverage i ...
Events Scene @ Like a Rolling Stone Book Party By Neal on Apr. 25, 2008 - 11:33 AM While the GalleyCat team was clustering around Sloane Crosley‘s Cake Tuesday night, Steven Kurutz was being feted at Arlene’s Grocery for his new book, Like A Rolling Stone: The Strange Life of a Tribute Band. The Ston ...