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My review of Girl Factory by Jim Krusoe ran this past weekend in the LA Times (forgive my BEA myopia). There is more to the novel than one can responsibly…

An unplanned convening of litbloggers at Book Expo. From left to right: Dan Wickett (The Emerging Writers Network), Kassia Krozser (Booksquare), Mark Sarvas (The Elegant Variation), Ron Hogan (Galleycat, Beatrice)…

I continue to write about my cross-country drive on Jacket Copy. But it is possible that I have in fact reached my destination. Which does not yet have regular internet…

I’m driving across the country, as you might have noticed, and blogging about the literary aspects of my trip at Jacket Copy. So far I’ve managed to write about Ohio…

David Ulin at the LA Times: “Bright Shiny Morning” is an execrable novel, a literary train wreck without even the good grace to be entertaining. James Frey’s latest goes straight…

The author of the wonderful The Light of Falling Stars and more blogs on writing: My writing is for me, but it is about you. Or maybe it’s about me,…

USA Today had the temerity to approach Cormac McCarthy pre-Oscars, and found he was all smiles. …while the Kodak Theatre lobby bustled with stars, the famously reclusive author quietly slipped…

Upon the release of its second list of good stuff to read, the NBCC is posting additional recommendations from its members, with photos (so that’s what Alex Ross looks like!)….

Shortly after beginning my graduate career at Pitt, the place where Michael Chabon was an English major undergrad, I was an extra in the film version of his book Mysteries…

Manga-like editions of Shakespeare’s greatest hits are on the way. Cause for celebration, or the end of the world as we know it? I do think part of the value…