We all judge books by their cover; admit it, you know you’ve done it. And it is OK, even if your fourth grade teacher told you otherwise. It is only natural to grab the book with the cover that best suits your personal taste when -for example- you find two versions of the book you [...]
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The Washington Post has reported that one of the great American writers, J.D Salinger, has passed away. He was 91. One of France’s most beloved writers, Albert Camus, died in a car crash 50 years ago this month. However, the issue of where his final resting place should be has sparked debate between French president Nicolas Sarkozy and a tiny village in Lourmain, where Camus lived until the time of his death. NPR breaks down [...] The latest in the death of prolific novelist E. Lynn Harris’ sudden death comes from Essence.com: Seven unpublished manuscripts written by the late groundbreaking author E. Lynn Harris have been recovered from his computer’s hard drive, according attorney Dermot Givens, who’s the lawyer for Mrs. Etta Williams Harris, the late author’s mother and sole heir. Computer [...] Candace Bushnell, that sassy chick lit author who is responsible for the ladies of “Sex & the City” and “Lipstick Jungle,” is back at it with her Web show, “Broadroom.” [The cheeky broad herself, Candace Bushnell] We can tell from the cheeky title that it will probably discuss women in the corporate America. But we’re just guessing. [...] British spy and art historian Anthony Blunt wrote a 30,000-word memoir during his time as a spy for the Soviet Union between sometime in the 1930s to the early 1950s. Last week, after keeping the memoir sealed in a steel container for twenty-five years, the British Library has made the document public, reports The New [...] Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes, has passed away at the age of 78. In a New York hospice on Sunday, July 19, McCourt died of meningitis. He is survived by his third wife Ellen Frey, daughter Margaret McCourt, and brothers Malachy, Michael, and Alphie McCourt. The schoolteacher-turned-memoirist was born in New York, but had spent [...] The location rumored to have been the inspiration for Virginia Woolf’s novel To the Lighthouse is about to go up for sale. As a child, Woolf spent many summers in a guest house at Upton Towans beach in Gwithian, from which the lighthouse on nearby Godrevy Island is clearly visible. The novel, long considered an exemplum [...] Say what you will about Michael Jackson—the man was well read. Apparently he was not only an avid reader, but had amassed a collection of 10,000 volumes in his library at Neverland Ranch. [Via Seattle PI] Perhaps it’s only appropriate, then, that a book commemorating the King of Pop’s more recent life and career is published [...] A recent article from Slate makes note of the Kindle’s role in changing the state of the publishing industry. Marion Maneker explains: with the introduction of the Kindle 2, Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced that electronic books sales have nearly tripled. [Via The Big Money] But the Kindle isn’t the only component in the [...] |
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