Philip K. Dick Volume Forthcoming
Wednesday November 29, 2006
The Library of America, which was founded in 1979 with the goal of preserving and publishing American Literature, recently announced that they will publish a volume of Philip K. Dick's ... Read More
The Mission Song by John le Carré
Monday November 27, 2006
Bruno "Salvo" Salvador, a half-British, half-Congolese interpreter finds himself caught in the midst of a political struggle in the Congo that highlights the downfall of "countries that choose to ... Read More
Exile on Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones
Friday November 24, 2006
Recorded during the blazing-hot summer of 1971 in the basement of Keith Richards's palatial mansion by the sea in the south of France, Exile on Main Street freezes forever in ... Read More
Kiran Desai on NPR's Fresh Air
Monday November 20, 2006
2006 Booker Prize winning author Kiran Desai will be on NPR's Fresh Air today along with her author mother, Anita Desai, who has made the Booker Prize shortlist three times.
Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski
Monday November 20, 2006
Mark Danielewski's experimental novel, Only Revolutions surrounds a 200 year road journey taken by two teenage lovers, Hailey and Sam. It is narrated by each of these characters, and readers ... Read More
Reference Books Make Good Gifts
Thursday November 16, 2006
Know a person for whom finding the right book is an impossible gift? Then I have two words for you - Reference Books - the generic book gift that ... Read More
Richard Powers Wins NBA for Fiction
Wednesday November 15, 2006
Winner of the 2006 National Book Award for fiction goes to Illinois author Richard Powers for The Echo Maker.
Powers, author of eight previous novels, was nominated for the ... Read More
On Agate Hill by Lee Smith
Monday November 13, 2006
On her thirteenth birthday, Molly, an orphaned daughter of a Confederate soldier, writes in her diary "I know I am a spitfire and a burden. I do not care. For ... Read More
West of Jesus by Steven Kotler
Thursday November 9, 2006
In West of Jesus, Steven Kotler sets out to find the origins of a very particular surf legend about a surfer called "the conductor" who can control the weather with ... Read More
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Monday November 6, 2006
"Two hundred million zombies. Who can even visualize that type of number, let alone combat it? ... For the first time in history, we faced an enemy that was actively ... Read More
Authors Will Call You On Election Day
Saturday November 4, 2006
LitPAC, an organization dedicated to involving authors in the political process, has arranged for several authors to call voters on election day.
Send an email to stephen@litpac.org by Monday, November 6 ... Read More
Kafka on the Shelf
Thursday November 2, 2006
On Monday, Haruki Murakami received the Franz Kafka Prize in Prague.
The prize, a small statue of Franz Kafka and a cash award of $10,000, is awarded by the Franz Kafka ... Read More