James Joyce

James Joyce Copyright Battle Lost: Estate Pays Author's Legal Costs

Law.com | Karen Sloan | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books


The estate of author James Joyce has agreed to pay $240,000 in legal costs incurred by a Stanford University scholar following a fair use legal battle...

Change the World? Give a Kid a Book

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living


Kenneth C. Davis

She was the town's meter maid -- a plus-sized meter maid, and not "the most comely of maidens." One day after choir, she handed me a book, saying simply: "I think you will like this."

Book Bling for Sale

Jan Herman | Posted 05.13.2009 | Home


Jan Herman

All the Hemingways I saw were going for stratospheric prices. Well, not exactly going. More like asking. If I remember correctly, a signed presentatio...

Big Science in a Small City

Sharon Glassman | Posted 07.08.2009 | Style


Sharon Glassman

Lingo without linguistics can be dangerous, I knew. One of the great things about life out West is that people respect newbies. And they don't begrudge mistakes.

Feeling Normal?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 03.02.2009 | Style


Jayne Lyn Stahl

I grew up in a place, Bayside, New York; a place where, when I mentioned Nietzsche, the woman who lived above me asked, "if you take Penicillin, will it cure that?"

Not Just a Passing Ghost

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.01.2009 | Media


Jayne Lyn Stahl

On the morning of September 18, 2008, Stephen James Joyce, grandson... of renowned Irish writer, James Joyce, called from France in response to a letter I sent to him some weeks before.

First Time Novelist Breaks All Rules with a Winner

Cynthia Kling | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media


Cynthia Kling

"How Far is the Ocean from Here," by Amy Shearn has to be the weirdest, funniest saddest road novel I've ever read. A single 20-something agrees to surrogate for a pair of cozy yuppies.