People If You See A Mixed Metaphor, Say Something! By Jason Boog on Sep. 26, 2008 - 2:38 PM Sarah Palin made a big splash in the spiderwebs of the Internets last night, mixing metaphors about political leaders and warplanes. BoingBoing linked to an illustrated version of this quote: “As Putin rears his head and com ...
Authors Mark Batterson: Behind Personal Development, God’s Power By Neal on Sep. 26, 2008 - 1:34 PM “I feel as called to write as I am to pastor,” Mark Batterson said as we at a table outside Ebenezers, the Washington, D.C., coffeehouse owned and operated by the National Community Church. He’s just published Wi ...
Authors The Unofficial John Berryman Rock & Roll Concordance By Jason Boog on Sep. 26, 2008 - 1:28 PM Why do rock stars love a thick-bearded Minnesotan poet who killed himself in 1972? Over at MSP Magazine, the poet John Berryman gets a thoughtful profile–speculating that the author of The Dream Songs is “poised for re ...
Trends Writers Continue to Show Support for Obama By Neal on Sep. 26, 2008 - 11:47 AM Back on Monday, we heard about Ayelet Waldman‘s Books4Barack drive, which wound up raising more than $57,000 for Barack Obama‘s presidential campaign in less than a week. Response to the fundraiser—which provided ...
Publishing Mark Twain Draws Support Across American Literary Landscape By Neal on Sep. 26, 2008 - 11:12 AM Earlier this week, GalleyCat told you about the efforts to save Mark Twain‘s Connecticut home. It’s said that Tuesday night’s all-star reading at the Mark Twain House and Museum went well. The authors who volunte ...
Adaptation Exclusive Interview with Jeffrey Friedman, Director of Howl By Jason Boog on Sep. 26, 2008 - 11:03 AM Next year, a star-studded cast–James Franco, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd–will dramatize the literary life and times of Allen Ginsberg in the biopic, Howl. After a summer dominated by super ...
Book Biz Housing Works Moves Street Fair to Sunday By Neal on Sep. 26, 2008 - 10:52 AM If you were planning to come into Manhattan tomorrow to find some bargains at the fourth annual Housing Works Bookstore Café “Open Air Book Fair,” be advised: the inclement weather has led the store to move the sa ...
Authors Seth Godin Gets the Business Week Treatment By Neal on Sep. 26, 2008 - 8:01 AM Business Week profiles marketing super-expert Seth Godin on the eve of the publication of his latest book, Tribes. Though some critics dismiss his writing as overfluffy, and his arguments lack sufficient evidence, supporters say h ...
Trends Wall Street Bailout Books By Jason Boog on Sep. 25, 2008 - 2:53 PM As news of a possible Wall Street bailout agreement hit the wires, journalists and editors wondered how history will remember these dark days. Over at HarperStudio, Julia Cheiffetz is editing a finance book by journalist Anna Bern ...
Digital Poetry G.P.S. By Jason Boog on Sep. 25, 2008 - 2:29 PM It’s 2:30 pm. Do you know where your poets are? Poets have always struggled for recognition, fighting small print runs, an indifferent reading public, and the general impossibility making a living with poetry. Worst of all, ...