Nigeria is on the literary map. Two of the country's writers have won major literary prizes recently. Chinua Achebe (author of the classic Things Fall Apart) won this year's Man Booker International Prize for his career, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie won the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction for her second novel, Half of a Yellow … Continue reading Reading Nigeria
Author: Anders
Behind the Curtain
Last week, I wrote about McSweeney's sale to cover debts incurrred during the bankruptcy of their distributor. This week salon.com has posted a full article, going into all the details. If you're interested in the behind-the-scenes financial aspect of publishing, it's a must-read. My only comment: the article is perhaps a little too upbeat in … Continue reading Behind the Curtain
The Last Grape on the Vine
I'm always the last to know. It turns out that A.M. Homes, author of the recent memoir The Mistress's Daughter is bisexual, telling the Washington Post, “I've dated men and I've dated women and there's no more or less to it than that.” She's also written for HBO's guilty pleasure The L Word.For more on … Continue reading The Last Grape on the Vine
Musings from Magers and Quinn 