Fame requires every kind of excess
I am far away from my library but that can’t stop me from thinking Don Delillo as I walk throuhg New York City. I was on my way to the…
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Million billion zillion
storySouth is out with its oh-so-large Million Writers Award nominees list for the best online short stories of ’05. Special hat-tipping to Papaerhaus guests Jim Ruland, Daniel Olivas and Swink…
The evidence
Ron, Kassia and Matt, live and in person.Kassia’s take on the book digitization panel is much more reporterly and thorough than mine; I highly recommend it (even though I still…
Braverman underappreciated (according to Kate)
So Kate Braverman sits down with the LA Times and tells the paper that she should be more famous here in her hometown. Martini Republic points out that she is…
Friday morning sweep
Segundo podcasto! The latest Bat Segundo podcast is with Octavia Butler. Vampires. Ficiton as prophecy. Typewriters. Tonight Jared Diamond is in conversation with a bunch of smart dudes at LA’s…
Tomorrow and tomorrow
Later this week I start contributing to a new metroblog, which is where the rockers and writers at 826LA report will surface. Also coming up tomorrow is a fresh-faced podcast…
Odeo odeeoooooo-oh
I remember odeeeeoh as what the evil guards chanted in the Wizard of Oz, when the Scarecrow and Lion and Toto and the Tin Man snuck into the wicked witch’s…
The importance of being Forbes-approved
It’s not me that Forbes has declared best, it’s LAist, which I contribute to. And technically it’s not LAist, it’s big daddy Gothamist, but I’m willing to think they meant…
Props for a lil’ mention
Lisa Glatt’s first book, A Girl Become a Comma Like That, gets a nice little mention in the NYTBR this week. I’m sure that means something about the review prospects…
killradio makes the gray lady
If an organization you’re in gets into the NY Times, should it matter that your mention is parenthetical (it is) and buried within an article about someone you find tepid…
