Writer attacked on book tour
“Police crackdowns and attacks by religious extremists have attempted to derail the book tour of famed Muslim Canadian author Irshad Manji through Indonesia, a country she previously described as a… Read more »
Amazon’s anti-library grows with Harry Potter deal
It’s one of the most meticulously covered stories of the moment, except for one its more particularly disturbing implications: Amazon’s announcement that it has “licensed the right to lend digital… Read more »
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt — publisher of giants and front for Amazon — declares bankruptcy
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt — the company that publishes Philip Roth, Jonathan Safran Foer, J.R.R. Tolkien, all the Curious George books, and provides a false front for books from Amazon.com, published… 1 / Read more »
Our child who made art in heaven
Another child has written a book about going to heaven and coming back after surviving a near-death experience. This brings to two the number of child authors garnering media attention… 4 / Read more »
The curse of being profiled in The New Yorker
In a Salon essay Alec Nevala-Lee suggests that a New Yorker profile may actually be a curse for Hollywood’s biggest talent, such that “whenever a New Yorker profile shows a… 1 / Read more »
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