Monday, February 21, 2011

A Spring Without Borders

Indie Literature Now's Author-on-Author interview series will kick off April 1st with a conversation between two talented and daring contemporary writers. Daniel Kine, Author of Between Nowhere and Happiness, sits down to interview woman writer and activist Lidia Yuknavitch, Author of Real to Reel, Liberty’s Excess, Her Other Mouths, about her upcoming memoir, The Chronology of Water (April, Hawthorne Books).


“If you’ve never read anything by Lidia Yuknavitch, I will tell you this: she's fucking brilliant, and you’re going to be hearing a lot about her very soon.”

Daniel Kine on what to expect from his upcoming interview with Lidia, set to appear April 1st, (April 1st is also Hawthorne Books’ publication date for her new memoir, The Chronology of Water).





Lidia Yuknavitch, Author of Real to Reel, Liberty’s Excess, Her Other Mouths, and the upcoming memoir, The Chronology of Water (April 1st, Hawthorne Books).


Daniel Kine, Author of Between Nowhere and Happiness.












Other things to look into from The New York Times and other Boring sources of literary media:

Book Review Leads to Criminal Libel Charge
By ADAM LIPTAK
An author claims criticism damaged her reputation and lodged a criminal complaint in a country with almost no connection to the book or the review.
February 21, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: SUITS AND LITIGATION, FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION

‘Henry’s Demons’ and ‘The Memory Palace’ - The Pain of Schizophrenia
By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D.
A father and son write about their experiences, and a daughter writes about her mother’s illness.
February 21, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: SCHIZOPHRENIA, MENTAL HEALTH AND DISORDERS, BARTOK, MIRA, COCKBURN, PATRICK

‘Alone Together’ by Sherry Turkle - Review
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
In “Alone Together,” Sherry Turkle waves a caution flag at the technological devices, from social media to robotics, we use to build our emotional lives.
February 21, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: TURKLE, SHERRY

Shakespeare the Pirate: An Internet Tale
Readers respond to a recent Op-Ed about culture and the Internet.
February 21, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: COPYRIGHTS AND COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS, COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM

Book Lovers Fear Dim Future for Notes in the Margins
By DIRK JOHNSON
In a digital world, scholars see an uncertain fate for an old and valued practice.
February 20, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: WRITING AND WRITERS, NEWBERRY LIBRARY

‘Moby-Duck,’ by Donovan Hohn - Review
By JANET MASLIN
Donovan Hohn’s “Moby-Duck” is a book that works as a lively travelogue as well as a voyage of discovery and a philosophical inquiry.
February 20, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: TOYS

In ‘Ugly Beauty,’ a Look at Two Cosmetics Giants
By BRYAN BURROUGH
A new book offers concise historical looks at Helena Rubinstein and Eugène Schueller, the founder of L’Oréal.
February 19, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: COSMETICS AND TOILETRIES, L'OREAL SA, RUBINSTEIN, HELENA, BRANDON, RUTH, SCHUELLER, EUGENE

Young Readers in Dystopia
By CHARLES MCGRATH
After the vampires come aliens, alienation and elimination games.
February 19, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: TEENAGERS AND ADOLESCENCE, FREY, JAMES

Mets’ Dickey Writing a Self-Portrait, Warts and All
By DAVID WALDSTEIN
In a memoir to be published next year, R. A. Dickey will detail how a new grip on the baseball accompanied a fresh grasp of life.
February 19, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: BASEBALL, NEW YORK METS, DICKEY, R A
Germany: Defense Minister Accused of Plagiarizing Ph.D. Dissertation
By REUTERS
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s heir apparent pulled out of an election rally on Thursday amid a plagiarism scandal that could cost him credibility, his Ph.D. title, and possibly even his job.
February 18, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: PLAGIARISM, GERMANY, GUTTENBERG, KARL-THEODOR ZU

Visual Books Reviewed
By STEVEN HELLER
Visual histories of fanzines, horror magazines and banned comics, and of the Italian shelter magazine Abitare.
February 18, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: COMIC BOOKS AND STRIPS, INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS, DESIGN
Paperback Row
By IHSAN TAYLOR
Paperback books of particular interest.
February 18, 2011

Perry Moore Dies at 39; Author of Book About Gay Superhero
By DENNIS HEVESI
Mr. Moore, the author of “Hero,” was also an executive producer of the movie series “The Chronicles of Narnia.”
February 18, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: DEATHS (OBITUARIES), MOVIES, HOMOSEXUALITY, MOORE, PERRY

Book Review - Revolution- By Deb Olin Unferth
By JULIA SCHEERES
The author, 18 and in love, dropped out of college and headed for Central America to hunt for a revolution.
February 18, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: EL SALVADOR, NICARAGUA, CENTRAL AMERICA, UNFERTH, DEB OLIN
Bruno Littlemore’s Lineage
Letter in response to Christopher R. Beha’s review of Benjamin Hale’s novel, “The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore.”
February 18, 2011
Read the Book Instead
Nicholas Delbanco, the author of “Lastingness: The Art of Old Age,” responds to the review of his book.
February 18, 2011
Market Values
Letter in response to Megan Buskey’s review of “The Price of Everything,” by Eduardo Porter.
February 18, 2011

Up Front: Walter Isaacson
By THE EDITORS
Walter Isaacson has led CNN and Time magazine, and he now runs the Aspen Institute. But he is perhaps even more distinguished as one of the country’s most talented biographers.
February 18, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: ISAACSON, WALTER
Unkind and Unnecessary
Letter in response to Neil Genzlinger’s review of Allen Shawn’s memoir “Twin.”
February 18, 2011
Editors’ Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
February 18, 2011

Wesley Stace’s ‘Charles Jessold,’ Musical Murder Mystery
By CHARLES MCGRATH
“Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer” by Wesley Stace, also known as John Wesley Harding, is both a murder mystery and a novel about classical music.
February 18, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: MUSIC
Bogart’s Lonely Place
Letter in response to Holly Brubach’s review of Stefan Kanfer’s “Tough Without A Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart.”
February 18, 2011

Book Review - The Hemlock Cup - Biography of Socrates - By Bettany Hughes
By WALTER ISAACSON
Bettany Hughes examines the life and death of Socrates, and the city that nurtured and killed him.
February 18, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: PHILOSOPHY, GREEK CIVILIZATION, ATHENS (GREECE), HUGHES, BETTANY

Deal With the Devil
By WILLIAM LOGAN
Three new collections illuminate the life and work of Elizabeth Bishop, including her time as a poet for The New Yorker.
February 18, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: POETRY AND POETS, NEW YORKER, BISHOP, ELIZABETH

Book Review - West of Here - By Jonathan Evison
By MIKE PEED
Jonathan Evison’s panoramic novel contrasts a group of visionary settlers with their pussyfooting descendants.
February 18, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: WASHINGTON (STATE)

Book Review - When the Killing’s Done - By T. Coraghessan Boyle
By BARBARA KINGSOLVER
A habitat restorer and an animal lover square off in T. C. Boyle’s rollicking novel set in California’s Channel Islands.
February 18, 2011
MORE ON BOOKS AND LITERATURE AND: ENDANGERED AND EXTINCT SPECIES, CHANNEL ISLANDS, CALIFORNIA, BOYLE, T CORAGHESSAN

Book Review - The Old Romantic - By Louise Dean
By SYLVIA BROWNRIGG
An acerbic comic novel about an old divorced couple gradually finding a spark of reconnection.
February 18, 2011

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