John Hodgmania
John Hodgman, in between being the "PC" in those Apple ads and his work on The Daily Show, is promoting the paperback of his book The Areas of My Expertise, which book I would probably praise, had I...
View ArticleCriticism in Our Digital Age
Rachel Cooke asks recently in an op-ed piece in The Guardian if we "amateur word spewers" would really do without Nick Hornby who Cooke feels has set the Gold Standard for criticism to which no lit...
View ArticleReading the World
In honor of Reading the World 2007, an effort to promote literature in translation, many lit blogs are suggesting and discussing translated books. May I suggest the novels of Jin Yong?
View ArticlePuppet Show Book Trailer
This book trailer is pretty amazing: Still, neither that trailer nor the novel's website give me any solid description of what the book is about. Which, after that trailer, is what I really want to...
View ArticleJohn Oliver's Literature Rodeo
Apparently, they could spring for John Oliver but not for a decent sound editor. Still, a good example of how to make book ads entertaining.
View ArticleTrailer for "Your Fate Hurtles Down at You"
Electric Literature just put together this animated trailer for the short story "Your Fate Hurtles Down at You" by Wet Asphalt favorite Jim Shephard. It's... pretty damn awesome.Full disclosure:...
View ArticleInterview with Neil Gaiman
In this interview, Neil Gaiman discusses book publicity, his new book Chu's First Day of School and the American Gods television show. Enjoy!The interview happened because the sifu at my kung fu school...
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