Roxana Saberi, American Journo Imprisoned in Iran, Redeeming Celeb Publishing?
She spent six years studying Iran from the inside, but does she have time to write the book she needs to?
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Novelist Colum McCann on Let the Great World Spin and the 9/11 ‘Grief Machine’
"I live on the Upper East Side for my sins. But the thing I’m attracted to is the edges."
Adventures in Publicity: ‘Psychiatric Reports’ for Critics
We were clobbered over a feature we wrote, and now suffer from "nyctophobia"?
The Chandler Burr Name-dropping Index
There's a deluge of name-dropping in 'You or Someone Like You'; we’ve indexed all the real-life players in Hollywood, New York, and Jerusalem.
BookExpo 2009: ‘Productive Despair’
This year, having taken their meds in the form of layoffs and steep losses, publishers were in a strange mood.
Sully Aces BookExpo Appearance
With the attention of more than 100 conventiongoers at stake, Sully's heroic brevity at BookExpo landed listeners safely at the five o'clock cocktail hour.
BookExpo Another (Good) Excuse to Cry, ‘The Sky Is Falling!’
The once-joyous red-letter events of the cultural calendar reduced to doom-y article ledes.
Steven Tyler ‘Rocks’ BookExpo Keynote, Confuses Chuck Klosterman
Topics included raccoon hunting, African cranes, harmonic fifths, and growing up in the Bronx with big lips.
Sarah Palin Book Deal a Chance for Saul Bellow’s Son to Shine
Adam Bellow finally has a chance to prove his genius.
Richard Abate Flees Endeavor After William Morris Merger
He's bolting as a result of Endeavor's merger with William Morris, which already has an alpha lit figure in place — Jennifer Rudolph Walsh.
Random House Finally Exhales
Dan Brown's desperately anticipated follow-up to 'The Da Vinci Code' will be released in September.
Breaking: Book Industry Hurt in 2008
An industry that sees 5 percent growth as a bubble is taking this in (gimpy) stride.
When Skateboards Will Be Free Author Said Sayrafiezadeh on Growing Up Socialist
Sayrafiezadeh raps with Vulture about his father fixation, his battle with kleptomania, and his well-earned political apathy.
Allow Actor-Philosopher André De Shields to Blow Your Mind
Bonus thoughts on on Barack Obama’s great failing, the proof that Shakespeare smoked pot, and the origins of Ponzi schemes.
Decider Less Than Half As Valuable As Bubba
Today, George W. Bush sold his book for a reported $7 million.
All the Screen Stars Invading Broadway
The phenomenon of Hollywood and TV stars hitting Broadway is a growth industry that just keeps expanding, downturn be damned.
National Book Critics Circle Awards Turns Into a Roast for the Industry
"Here we are with one stand-alone book-review section on the East Coast, and it won't return my calls!"
Nazi-Sex Novel The Kindly Ones Polarizes Western Civilization
Reactions to the confession of an SS officer, a sort of evil Forrest Gump, who reminisces about sleeping with his twin sister and possibly killing his mother.
Join the Creepy Sloane Crosley Fan Club!
It currently consists of its founding member and a shadowy figure known as "Outsider Writers."
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