Many Famous Authors Started With 'Novel 101'
Creating a novel is tough. Until you get the hang of it, it can be hard to do the Proustian thing.
Creating a novel is tough. Until you get the hang of it, it can be hard to do the Proustian thing.
Posted 01.23.2012
UPDATE: It seems that the account is in fact fake. GalleyCat has the story: While the laconic writer would be a perfect fit for Twitter, the Vintag...
The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 01.20.2012
Author Cormac McCarthy's novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, routinely hit the top of the bestseller lists and have been made into Academy Award-winni...
Posted 01.10.2012
It's 2012, and the apocalypse is on everyone's mind. But Daniel Richter's apocalyptic visions, like old-Western cinemascapes mixed with psychedelic 60...
Posted 11.19.2011
James Franco's now-legendary energy showed no sign of letting up as he announced plans to direct an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel 'Child of Go...
Dave Astor | Posted 11.14.2011
My list includes the authors' names, the number of novels I've read by each of them, and my three favorite novels (in rank order) by each of them. If you have different favorites by those authors, I'd like to hear about that.
Dave Astor | Posted 10.29.2011
These aren't necessarily the best novels of the past 11 years, because there are acclaimed books I've yet to read.
Dave Astor | Posted 10.17.2011
Yup, it would be quite a literary world if all books contained as much mayhem as Cormac McCarthy novels.
Dave Astor | Posted 09.14.2011
For me, reading a book series after all the installments have been written is as satisfying as watching a great Quidditch match. Well, almost.
Posted 09.10.2011
It's okay. You can admit it. Everyone has read books that are either popular, critically acclaimed or both, but still been left pondering, "How can an...
1 July 2011 Archive | Posted 08.31.2011
True, there are only roughly 100 days left until they announce who gets the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature, but it's pretty early in the season for th...
GalleyCat | Jason Boog on May 20, 2011 10:31 AM | Posted 07.20.2011
To commemorate the end of Oprah’s Book Club, the Nielsen Company has compiled a list of the top ten bestselling books from Oprah Winfrey‘s magical...
flavorwire.com | Posted 07.18.2011
Jezebel-writer Anna North’s debut novel, America Pacifica, is out today. The story centers around an impoverished teenage girl who is struggling to ...
flavorwire.com | Posted 07.12.2011
We’re the first to admit that, sometimes, the best cure for a hard week, a long day or just a rainy weekend is a really sad book....
Posted 06.22.2011
Would you rather live in the state of Black Elk or Maya Angelou instead of Montana or Arkansas? The island of Melville looks a little cold, so instead...
guardian.co.uk | Ian J Griffiths | Posted 06.01.2011
It looks like James Franco has been reading again, because he has bought the film rights to Zeroville, Steve Erickson's darkly comic novel about Holly...
Jon Kerr | Posted 05.25.2011
Jim Tressel chose his path. When he took the Ohio State job in 2001, he made the conscious decision to thrust himself into a world where doing what's right is the actions of fools.
Posted 05.25.2011
From Flavorwire: By Kathleen Massara Dialect can be used as a class marker, or as something that identifies your hometown, your race, or your pr...
The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011
The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards have been around since the 1970s and the winners over the decades make an impressive recommended readin...
Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011
Art is maddeningly dynamic. It does not, and will not, mean the same thing to one person as it does to another. There's no finer example of this than the recent HBO film The Sunset Limited.
Posted 05.25.2011
A little ice storm won't stop New Yorkers from going out. Yesterday was the annual Empire State Run-Up, where runners race up the stairs of the icon...
The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011
There are countless weird moments to be found in literature and after reaching out to readers we're not sure which minds were weirder--the ones that w...
Posted 05.25.2011
Being a Golden Globe-nominated actor, Oscar host, published author, graduate student, concept artist and painter just isn't enough! Now, James Franco ...
Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011
David Copperfield brought me back to life as a lover of the made-up story. The moment I had finished page 734 I went to the list of classic novels on the facing page to choose my next flight.
Lauren Gunderson | Posted 05.25.2011
I was going to save my continuing exploration of the term "political play" for Berkeley Rep's upcoming (and highly anticipated) The Great Game: Afghan...
Dave Astor | Posted 05.20.2012