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October 9, 2009
Gay Talese recalls The New York (Drunk) Times of the 60s
Creativity and alcohol? Gay says, not so much:
October 8, 2009
The Baaa-Studs
Thank God these guys don't write novels. If they did, there wouldn't be any need for me.
The Baaa-Studs
Thank God these guys don't write novels. If they did, there wouldn't be any need for me.
Publishing Industry Pawn
In response to requests for better guidance on living up to its , the FTC has finally released a compliance sticker that bloggers can use to disclose their material connection to the publishing industry, thereby removing the threat of fines. Here it is:
Publishing Industry Pawn
In response to requests for better guidance on living up to its , the FTC has finally released a compliance sticker that bloggers can use to disclose their material connection to the publishing industry, thereby removing the threat of fines. Here it is:
October 4, 2009
Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
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Powers' writing is amazing. He reminds me of what is possible in fiction.
Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
[image error] Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
Powers' writing is amazing. He reminds me of what is possible in fiction.
October 2, 2009
My review of "Op Oloop" by Juan Filloy
My review of Juan Filloy's "Op Oloop" is live . A sample:
Juan Filloy was an Argentine writer with a dramatic bio that includes boxing referee and palindromist. His writing exhibits the love of words and philosophy of the latter; the no-nonsense, unflinching eye of the former. He lived to be 106, having died in 2000, and in some circles is placed alongside some of Latin America's best writers of the 20th century, such as his friends Julio Cortazar and Jorge Luis Borges.
As if...
My review of "Op Oloop" by Juan Filloy
My review of Juan Filloy's "Op Oloop" is live . A sample:
Juan Filloy was an Argentine writer with a dramatic bio that includes boxing referee and palindromist. His writing exhibits the love of words and philosophy of the latter; the no-nonsense, unflinching eye of the former. He lived to be 106, having died in 2000, and in some circles is placed alongside some of Latin America's best writers of the 20th century, such as his friends Julio Cortazar and Jorge Luis Borges.
As...
September 8, 2009
Review of "That Old Cape Magic," by Richard Russo
My review of Richard Russo's "That Old Cape Magic" is live at
An excerpt:
"...there's fucking truth in here."
Though the above emphatic compliment appears in, and not about, Richard Russo's That Old Cape Magic, it is applicable. Beneath the rolling surface of Russo's seventh novel, truths push and pull and threaten to drag one under. Like sea glass they wait for discovery. Some truths are hard, some are a bit worn to the point of cliché (though still pleasing to look at), and...
