Estonian Literary Magazine
This actually arrived a few weeks ago (we’ve been a bit busy . . .), but the new issue of the Estonian Literary Magazine is now available both in print and online. Estonian Literary Magazine is published by the Estonian Literature Information Centre, which, in my opinion, is one of the best cultural organizations in ...
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More Shatzkin
Ironically, I just got today’s PW Daily and the lead story is about the fourth annual Book Industry Study Group’s “Making Information Pay” conference that took place last Friday, at which Michael Shatzkin (author of the article I just wrote about) and Michael Healy, executive director of BISG, talked about ...
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The Future of Books by Mike Shatzkin
Last week, Idea Logical posted a speech that founder Mike Shatzkin (really, you should read his bio, it’s incredible) gave to the Danish Book Trade. The article, entitled The Future of Books for Publishers and Booksellers is one of the best I’ve ever read about the current publishing situation and what’s to ...
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Congrats to Paul Verhaeghen
Just announced today that Flemish author Paul Verhaeghen has won the Independent foreign fiction prize for his novel Omega Minor. Moving back and forth through the last century, Omega Minor, translated from the Dutch, is a story of love and death on the grandest possible scale. Its whirlwind plot takes in Berlin, Boston, ...
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Believer Book Award Shortlist
The Believer recently announced the shortlist for its 2007 book award, which includes the books the editors feel were the “strongest and, in their opinion, the most undervalued of the year.” Pretty solid group: Samedi the Deafness, Jesse Ball (Vintage) Sunless, Gerard Donovan (Overlook) Zeroville, Steve ...
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Let Us Now Praise the New York Sun
It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of the New York Sun “Arts+” section and most of the reviewers who write for it. (Especially Ben Lytal, who, in my opinion, has the sweetest gig in all book reviewing.) Since the Sun has yet to penetrate the Rochester market, we usually resort to reading this online. ...
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We Are the Philistines!
In case you’re interested, here’s what John O’Brien of Dalkey Archive Press thinks of me, Three Percent, Reading the World, and Open Letter. ...
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