From GalleyCat: Publishing house Weldon Owen created an infographic called “How a Book is Born,” tracing the path of a book from idea to final product. All book professionals can learn from this image which shows how a book is conceptualized, pitched, picked up, written, edited and who gets drunk along the way. Check it [...]
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The News Where You Are Catherine O’ Flynn Picador ISBN-10: 0805091807 — ♦ — The News Where You Are starts with a walk, a revelation, and a death. Six months later, Frank and his eight year old daughter, Mo, visit the building that Frank’s father designed, the building that will soon be demolished. Frank [...]
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Once again we take a small breath and discuss those random issues on our minds. Here’s your chance, LitStackers, to tell us (in the comments) what literary issues you’re thinking about. This week’s staff pick is an open thread. Let us know whatever is on your mind. We want to hear from you!
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Angry Robot, the award-winning publisher of cutting-edge SF, F and WTF?! fiction is delighted to announce that a new deal has been signed and sealed with rising star Chuck Wendig. Chuck’s first Angry Robot novel, Blackbirds, only hit the bookshelves for the first time a few weeks ago, but the response has already been so [...]
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Members of the construction team which built Poets House’s new home joined actor Bill Murray in May 2009 for the first poetry reading at 10 River Terrace. Hilarity ensues. Produced for Poets House by Limey Films, Inc.
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James Agee was born. Agee was an American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S. His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957), won the author a posthumous 1958 Pulitzer Prize. During his lifetime, Agee enjoyed only modest public [...]
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From Flavorwire: It’s good to see that some of the most respected and highly revered writers have a sense of humor. Check out the following for photographic evidence of a few of our favorite writers blowing off steam. Some of these author’s kookiest, most candid moments have been captured on film, so we can all [...]
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Over at the fan blog dedicated to his work, director Joss Whedon wrote a letter thanking his fans for their dedication. His powerful community of fans delivered last weekend, as Whedon’s The Avengers shattered box office records and earned $207 million during its opening week. The director’s message to his fans was an inspiring tribute [...]
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Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers Houghton Mifflin Books for Children — ♦ — Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf? Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the [...]
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