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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is set to receive a collection of Hemingway’s papers from Cuba (interesting given the history of Cuba and US relations during JFK’s time). The papers include corrected proofs of “The Old Man and the Sea,” a move script of that novel, an alternate ending to “For Whom [...]
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On Tuesday afternoon, I went over to Elliott Bay Books to check out Gary Vaynerchuk while he stopped by to talk about his new book, “Crush It.” As usual, his enthusiasm and positive energy was infectious. In fact, the first thing I did when I got home was read the entire book cover to cover [...]
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The new Murakami 2-volume novel is selling fast enough to set records for the publisher in Japan. I wonder how long we’ll have to wait to see this one in the US? The publisher and Murakami, who rarely gives media interviews, kept a veil over “1Q84,” which can be read as “1984″ in Japanese, after [...]
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Wired Magazine has a list of “Eighteen Challenges in Contemporary Fiction” which is worth a perusal. The ones that resonate the most with me right now are these: 5. Ink-on-paper manufacturing is an outmoded, toxic industry with steeply rising costs. 8. Long tail balkanizes audiences, disrupts means of canon-building and fragments literary reputation. 17. Polarizing [...]
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Readers of The Puget News may have already seen the Infinite Summer project currently being promoted by The Morning News. Basically, a large group of people are going to read “Infinite Jest” at the same time, starting June 21st and ending September 22nd. The website will be at the center of the project, hopefully hosting [...]
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The lost female plot, feline fascination, and whimsicality of Haruki Murakami; the brain bending introspection of Paul Auster; the multi-faceted realities of Borges; and the “space between space” worlds of Neil Gaiman – are you noticing that this guy is in some serious company? “The Raw Shark Texts” is a sharp first novel with some [...]
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This may be the first time a Colbert guest has managed to keep up with the extraordinarily fast quippiness of the host:
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Two new Roberto Bolaño novels (as well as a piece believed to be the 6th section of the 5-part “2666″) have been discovered “2666″ is one of the most anticipated books I have on my “to read” shelf at home. Based on the reviews, I know it’s going to be right up my alley. With [...]
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So you’re one of the heirs to a wealthy English family and you notice that this picture (which you’ve erroneously believed to be Sir Walter Raleigh) your family has been hanging for the last 300 years has a striking resemblance to a later, yet much disputed painting of Shakespeare known as the Folger portrait. Luck [...]
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