The airwaves have been full of people talking about Ander Monson's new book Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir.Last week, Lucia Silva, the book buyer at Portrait of a Bookstore in Studio City, California, said "Monson's writing makes you realize how very alive thinking and writing can be," on NPR's Bookseller's Picks. Then this week, Jodi … Continue reading All Over the Radio
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The Bookworm is a long-running program on KCRW, Santa Monica's public radio station. Host Michael Silverblatt interviews the creme de la creme of authors every week. Tomorrow's show features a forward-looking lineup: Ander Monson (author of Vanishing Point) and David Shields (Reality Hunger) will talk about nothing less than "a new kind of writing." The … Continue reading Listen Up
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Esquire has published an excerpt from Brett Easton Ellis' new novel Imperial Bedrooms. The new book follows the infamous teenagers from Less Than Zero into desperate middle age. The excerpt is here. Imperial Bedrooms will be released on June 15.--David E
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