Bookishly hot and not for Thursday
At 11:20am, The Happy Booker is going to be on Washington Post radio — so if you’re in Washington DC, tune into 107.7 to hear a bookish lady talk about…
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New nominees at the LBC
For the first time I got to nominate a book for the LBC. Which one is it? Maybe you can guess. The three spring nominees are now online at the…
Reading, writing, running around nude
I wish I could see the LA Times Book Review in paper this week, but I’ll have to settle for seeing the names Tod Goldberg, Jim Ruland and Ed Champion…
A wizard, a viking ship, and SoT ShoStoWriMo (oh my)
Off to see the Wizard! It’s Wizard of the Crow week at the LBC. Tune in Friday to hear my mangled pronunciation of Nguigi Wa Thiong’O. Get cracking (in an…
Chabon, Waldman klatch with Pitt students
Michael Chabon is the most illustrious Pitt writing program alumnus; perhaps that’s why none of us expected him to stop by campus. Until we got the secret, hush-hush news that…
Welcome, Pittsblog!
The very cool Metroblogs network has added a new city to its international roster. Hello, Pittsburgh! I’ll be blogging about city stuff over there. As a matter of fact, I…
Cary Tennis takes on an MFA student in crisis
So Confused Student writes in to Salon’s advice columnist, Cary Tennis, with an old-syle (Mr. Blue, advice for writers and the lovelorn) question. The upshot: grad school is no fun,…
Ew, that’s excellent
I’ve got class in 53 minutes and am sitting not so far from 50 or more undergraduates, so I’ve got the iPod cranked. I’m getting some writing done (other than…
A few items of interest
AKA, yikes, I gotta leave for the library to bury my head in schoolbooks from the 18th century. Favorable comparison to Clive Owen as Sam Spade + terrific cover art…
Jonesing at the LBC
Don’t miss Stephen Graham Jones week at the LBC. Today Jones, author of the nominated book Demon Theory, answers some questions from our own Dan Wickett. Lots of things are…
