There's been another epidemic of memoirs that have turned out to be fictitious of late. The Boston Globe has a nice summary here.Now, slate.com has brought back an old article, originally written during the James Frey fracas, which attempts to answer the question of the moment: "Why are book editors so bad at spotting fake … Continue reading The More Things Change…
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A Belated Valentine?
Richard Price's new novel Lush Life is the subject of Michiko Kakutani's latest "Book of the Times" article in the New York Times, and she loves it. She loves his dialogue: "No one writes better dialogue than Richard Price — not Elmore Leonard, not David Mamet, not even David Chase."She loves the characters: "He depicts … Continue reading A Belated Valentine?
That’s Really Super, Superman
Michael Chabon has an article in the current issue of The New Yorker on the nature of the superhero costume. (This issue is the Style issue, after all.) Chabon's interest in all things leotard will come as no surprise to readers of his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which recounts the adventures … Continue reading That’s Really Super, Superman
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