"Citizen Reviews," our occasional series of customer book reviews, continues with the indefatigable Ben Paulson's thoughts on the latest novel from Peter Carey. It's available today. Parrot and Olivier in AmericaThere are two things that I should be honest about from the beginning. The first is that I don't know anything about Alexis de Tocqueville. … Continue reading Citizen Reviews: Parott and Olivier in America
Hail Fellow Well Met
Congratulations to Monica Haller. The photographer--and one of the artists responsible for the recent book Riley and His Story, Me and My Outrage, You and Us--has been named a 2010 Guggenheim Fellow. It's quite the honor. To quote the foundation's website, "The Fellowships are awarded to men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity … Continue reading Hail Fellow Well Met
"Memoir is dead. Long live the anti-memoir, built from scraps."
In this week's New York Times Book Review, David Shields (author most recently of Reality Hunger) discusses Ander Monson's new book Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir. It's hard to quote from the article--I really believe the Times leads seminars in how to write an unblurbable review for all its writers--so you'll have to trust me … Continue reading "Memoir is dead. Long live the anti-memoir, built from scraps."
Musings from Magers and Quinn 