So I'd just given up on NPR's news program aimed at twentysomethings with woefully short attention spans, The Bryant Park Project, when darned if they didn't go and post an item I'm actually interested in.The BPP talked to Dan Borchert, author of Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library. He blows … Continue reading They Pulled Me Back In
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Now You’re Talking
A few weeks ago, Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! and author of The Book of Vice, talked to Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air program. It was all very nice; I recommended it. It was very appropriate for most any audience--good, if not quite as sensational as you might expect … Continue reading Now You’re Talking
Can’t Find Me! But Call My Agent for an Interview
Andrew Morton's forthcoming unauthorized biography of Tom Cruise--titled plainly enough Tom Cruise: The Unauthorized Biography--seems to have landed the author in hot water--or at least in a good publicity stunt. Morton is the author of biographies of Princess Diana, Madonna, and Mel Gibson, but has said researching Cruise was his hardest task yet. According to … Continue reading Can’t Find Me! But Call My Agent for an Interview
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