BookExpo America and the Reading the World Party
I’m leaving tomorrow morning for BookExpo America (aka BEA, aka ABA, well, OK, ABA is more than a bit outdated, but I think some people still say this), and with E.J. in Norway things might be a little quiet around here for the next few days. This year BEA is in L.A., which is always nice and sunny. And somewhat ...
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Hey Look, Borders Has a Website
Now that the arrangement with Amazon.com is over, Borders is reestablishing their web presence. Haven’t explored enough to make any strong statements, but in general, I like the “Magic Shelf” (pictures are cool!) and dislike how cluttered this all looks. From what I’ve read, it sounds like Borders ...
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New Bookforum
As a number of other people have already pointed out, the new issue of Bookforum is now available, both in print and online. This is the summer “Fiction and Politics” issues, which, in addition to a heap of good reviews, has a few features on politics novels and the like. There’s even a reflections section ...
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Nation Spring Books Issue
The “Spring Books” issue of The Nation is now out, with a lot of the content available online including pieces on Stefan Zweig and Imre Kertesz. The Kertesz is a really positive review of both The Pathseeker (out from Melville House) and Detective Story (out from Knopf) by Ruth Scurr. This year Tim ...
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Ledig House
Even though I only skipped two days, it seems like so much time has passed since I last posted anything. One reason it seems so long is due to the weird time fluctuations surrounding the Ledig House. E.J. and I were invited up there this past weekend to meet with the current residents and tell them a bit about Open Letter ...
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Reading the World 2008: The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
This is the seventh Reading the World 2008 title we’re covering. Write-ups of the other titles can be found here. And information about the Reading the World program—a special collaboration between publishers and independent booksellers to promote literature in translation throughout the month of June—is ...
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The Other Major Galley of 2008 I've Been Waiting For
In addition to Bolano’s 2666, the other big (in every sense of the word) galley I’ve been waiting for is Antonio Lobo Antunes’s What Can I Do When Everything’s On Fire?, which is due out in September from W.W. Norton. Well, it arrived yesterday: It’s only 585 pages long and is prefaced ...
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