Global Village Idiot: Dubya, Dunces, and One Last Word Before You Vote
Monday March 29, 2004
"John O’Farrell is a columnist with the Guardian as well as a writer for the TV show Spitting Image and a joke writer for Tony Blair (not the one that ... Read More
Joseph Cambell Centennial - March 26, 2004
Friday March 26, 2004
March 26 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of literature and film's greatest influences, Joseph Campbell. Campbell embraced the power of myth as a child and ... Read More
Gotham Tragic by Kurt Wenzel
Tuesday March 23, 2004
"'All Muslims are mad, of course. Not mad in the sense of angry, though they are certainly that, but daffy mad, glazed-eyed-crazy-stare mad, ipso facto mad.' So go the controversial ... Read More
Spalding Gray Remembered on Fresh Air
Monday March 22, 2004
Spalding Gray, a writer and actor best known for his autobiographical monologues, had a history of depression and attempted suicide. When he went missing earlier this year, fans and ... Read More
David Rees Gets His Satire On
Friday March 19, 2004
David Rees caught the public's attention shortly after 9/11, when he began posting Get Your War On, a clipart based comic strip featuring cubicle employees talking on the telephone about ... Read More
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix wins WH SMITH Fiction Award
Wednesday March 17, 2004
JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix won the fiction category of the WH Smith 'People's Choice' Book Awards, yesterday.
The WH Smith Book Awards are ... Read More
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Monday March 15, 2004
She started out as an illustrator, but is now the internationally acclaimed author of over 40 books. She's been called the German J.K. Rowling - author, Cornelia Funke, ... Read More
Jack Kerouac's Birthday - March 12, 1922
Friday March 12, 2004
Jack Kerouac lived a short and fast life between 1922 and 1969. Hailed for his 1957 novel, On the Road, based upon years of cross-country adventures with friend and muse ... Read More
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Wednesday March 10, 2004
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer tells the story of two fundamentalist Mormon brothers who took their faith to the ultimate extreme. It explores the horrific ... Read More
Out of Sheer Rage by Geoff Dyer
Friday March 5, 2004
Geoff Dyer, the author of Out of Sheer Rage is argumentatively one of the whiniest people on the planet. He begins his 1997 memoir by describing the endless vacillation ... Read More
Oxymoronica
Wednesday March 3, 2004
Dr. Mardy Grothe is a logophiliac... a word-lover. The man loves words. He loves them so much, he collects them... gathers them and stores them away. ... Read More
March is Small Press Month!
Monday March 1, 2004
Now in its 5th year, the aim of Small Press Month is to increase the public awareness of the small independent presses out there... and there are a lot of ... Read More