Free books used as tools to fight evolution
By Marjorie Kehe | 11.20.09
Hundreds of college students were surprised on Wednesday when they were handed free copies of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” as they walked across campus. But they were perhaps even more surprised when they opened the book and discovered that it contained a 50-page foreword by a Christian minister who questions the validity of Darwin’s theories. (more…)
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2009 National Book Award winners
By Marjorie Kehe | 11.19.09
There was a bit of gallows humor at the 60th annual National Book Awards ceremony in New York last night. Host Andy Borowitz said that when he was first invited to emcee the awards, he was so honored that he said he would have done it for free. As it turns out, he said, “The NBA had the same idea.” When it comes to the economics of the publishing world, Borowitz said, “We’re all in the same sinking ship.” (more…)
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Guest blog: “Twilight” moves into “Nightlight”
By Rebekah Denn | 11.18.09
Cult-wise, now we know the Twilight books have really arrived. No, we’re not talking about author Stephenie Meyer’s appearance on Oprah, or about the “Twilight Series” coffee beans offered by one enterprising company in brews like “Bella’s Blend”. The news that caught us is hearing that Harvard Lampoon has issued a parody of the book, titled “Nightlight”. (more…)
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‘Unfriend’ as word of the year? Is 2009 so cold?
By Marjorie Kehe | 11.17.09
Not necessarily. Instead, the New Oxford American Dictionary has chosen “unfriend” (meaning to remove someone from your friend list on a social network like Facebook) as 2009 Word of the Year because of its “currency and potential longevity,” says Christine Lindberg, Senior Lexicographer for Oxford’s US dictionary program, who adds that, ” ‘Unfriend’ has real lex-appeal.” (more…)
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All Sarah Palin, all the time
By Marjorie Kehe | 11.16.09
If you follow book headlines (or headlines of any kind), brace yourself in preparation for this week. Pretty much what you are going to be hearing and seeing is all Sarah Palin, all the time. Her memoir “Going Rogue: An American Life” (on sale as of tomorrow) is already a bestseller. And the chatter surrounding it is only going to get more intense. (more…)
