Mash-Up Money
Seth Grahame-Smith is best known for his mash-up novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and its follow up Sense and Sensibility and Seamonsters. Well Lincoln Michel wants the world to…
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Isaac Fitzgerald
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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.
“You Don’t Have to Call Me Sir”
Josh McCutchen sits down with Harvey Pekar. Learn more about The Pekar Project.
Dead Men Tell No Tales?
Kurt Vonnegut, C.G. Jung, William Styron, and Michael Crichton all have books coming out in the next few months. They’re also all dead. From Vladimir Nabokov to David Foster Wallace,…
Health Care Links
Which Way Will Harry Reid Go On Public Option? Senator Olympia Snowe is “the only Republican in Congress” who might vote for health care reform. Washington Times spreads new health…
Changes at TriQuarterly
TriQuarterly, once called “perhaps the preeminent journal for literary fiction” by the New York Times, will no longer exist as a “printed product” next year. Unfortunately this does not mean…
The Long Ride
Everyone loves a good bike ride. But Slovenian soldier and cyclist Jure Robic doesn’t just go for bike rides, he competes in ultra marathon bicycle races like RAAM. Jure also…
Gorey Stuff
Edward Gorey‘s refrigerator door contained Eclipse coffee syrup, an unopened bottle of mayonnaise, and a couple of High Lifes. Books cluttered his tv room. His license plate read OGDRED. Explore…
Random Media Notes
The FBI destroys Walter Cronkite files. Nick Denton tweets about the secret behind Gawker’s biggest successes. A new study shows that print and online ‘could work in tandem.’ “France to…