Prices on Mailer’s moon book are out of this world
By Matthew Battles | 07.02.09
I can’t decide whether this is evidence of the book’s staying power, or a sign that its end is near: to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing, the art publisher Taschen will release “Moonfire: the Epic Journey of Apollo 11,” a book of photographs from the mission with excerpts from Norman Mailer’s 1970 book “Of a Fire on the Moon.” (more…)
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Those ‘best of’ book lists that we love to debate
By Marjorie Kehe | 07.02.09
We all know that the concept is flawed at best. I mean, after all, do you really need an editor behind a computer screen in New York to tell you what books you should read this week, this year, or even this century? And yet those lists are so much fun, if no other reason than for the debates they provoke. (more…)
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No. 1 Ladies’ cookbook in the works
By Marjorie Kehe | 07.01.09
Can a fictional character write a cookbook? In the case of Precious Ramotswe, star of Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series set in Botswana, her fans know that she can do pretty much anything she turns her mind to. (Other, perhaps, than to successfully diet….) (more…)
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Why it’s hard to tweet literature
By Kelly Nuxoll | 06.30.09
Last week I posed the question of whether journalists make good authors. Responses from readers were provocative. In short, there seemed to be an agreement that journalists include details in service of the story or argument; writers are more willing to use details and language to create atmosphere, to allow a reader to be in a moment, or capture an idea or image. (more…)
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A book tackles a hot-button topic: foie gras
By Rebekah Denn | 06.29.09
Some hot button topics are so charged there’s almost no room left in them for open-minded debate. Think gun control, or abortion – or, in the food world, foie gras. (more…)
