Category Archives: Authors

Posted on December 16, 2011 by kara

I think Hitch explained the entire frreaking cosmos with this: “My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilization, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors | Comments Off on

RIP

Posted on December 15, 2011 by kara

Bored to Death. originally posted August 15, 2010 There are plenty of reasons to dislike this guy. He is obnoxious. He hates Mother Theresa (“friend of poverty, enemy of the poor, fundamentalist fanatic”) and Bill Clinton (“wasted eight years of … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Graveyard | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on RIP

“I have no interest in living in a city without a bookstore.”

Posted on November 15, 2011 by kara

Author Ann Patchett on her new bookstore in Nashville, TN: “I have no interest in retail; I have no interest in opening a bookstore,” Ms. Patchett said, serenely sipping tea during a recent interview at her spacious pink brick house … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors | Comments Off on “I have no interest in living in a city without a bookstore.”

Ye Olde Cheat of Williamsburg

Posted on November 10, 2011 by kara

from the ny times: Little, Brown Pulls Novel, Citing Plagiarism By JULIE BOSMAN 4:30 p.m. | Updated Little, Brown & Company has pulled a mystery novel from the shelves after passages in the book were found to have been plagiarized from “a … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors | Comments Off on Ye Olde Cheat of Williamsburg

Manning Marable RIP

Posted on April 4, 2011 by kara

  The highly anticipated: “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,” is published today and available to purchase at all your fine and digital retailers. The 594-page biography –  allegedly full of new and shocking revelations and insights – was Columbia University … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Bios and Memoirs | Comments Off on Manning Marable RIP

Posted on February 13, 2011 by kara

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life and see if I could not learn what they had to teach; and not, when I came to die, discover that … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors | Tagged , , | Comments Off on

Warning: Contains Offensive Words.

Posted on January 11, 2011 by kara

Most American schoolchildren still read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and if they don’t, it’s because it’s one of the most frequently banned books in the US. If it seems paradoxical that a book could be both its nation’s most frequently … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Banned Books | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Warning: Contains Offensive Words.

Made Perfect in Loveliness Only to Die.

Posted on October 23, 2010 by kara

Poe first met his paternal cousin – Virginia Clemm –  when she was 7 year old. Her father – William Clemm – died in 1826, leaving Virginia’s mother, Maria Poe, penniless. Maria moved her 3 children in with her mother … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Made Perfect in Loveliness Only to Die.

MURDER MANOR.

Posted on September 15, 2010 by kara

It’s Agatha Christies’ 120th Birthday, so here is her scary house.

Posted in Authors, Literary Journeys | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on MURDER MANOR.

A King Among Coots.

Posted on August 26, 2010 by kara

Ray Bradbury, the venerable sci-fi titan, and king of all coots turned 90 this week. The guy who started his career with a zine called Futuria Fantasia at age 18 has been enjoying a long overdue renaissance and his birthday … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on A King Among Coots.