October 16, 2012
Don DeLillo will be appearing at the Chicago Public Library October 18, 6PM. He has received many important awards for his writing, such as the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner. Speaking about his novel “Underworld,” NYTimes reviewer Michiko Kakutani writes “That novel also showcased his razzle-dazzle talents as a writer: his gift for surreal, […]
October 16, 2012
This humorous PW article describes the extraordinary lengths Jeri Westerson will go to understand her material. When your book is part of a medieval mystery series starring Crispin Guest, ex-knight turned 14th century detective, that research can become dangerous and hilarious at the same time. Jeri’s writing inspired her to make mead […]
October 16, 2012
Johnny Depp is starting his own literary imprint – a list of books called Infinitum Nihil (meaning nothing is forever) – part of HarperCollins, which will publish titles that reflect his tastes and interests. Some of the books acquired for Infinitum Nihil are The Unraveled Tales of Bob Dylan by Douglas Brinkley (planned for release […]
October 16, 2012
Do you like words? Do you like dictionaries? I do. So I found this interview last Sunday on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” particularly fascinating. Rachel Martin spoke with author David Skinner about his new book, The Story of Ain’t. Skinner takes us back to the release of what is commonly known as “Webster’s Third” in 1961. […]
October 14, 2012
This month for Poetry 365 we’re highlighting the dazzling debut collection of poet Eduardo C. Corral. The first Latino winner of the prestigious Yale Younger Poets prize, Corral has been roundly praised for vividly portraying his experiences as a Chicano and gay man with a Robert Hayden-like resistance to reductivism. In Slow Lightning, he mixes […]
October 13, 2012
Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is for Dennis Lehane’s new historical crime epic Live by Night. A follow-up of sorts to 2008’s masterful The Given Day, the novel revisits the Coughlin family in Prohibition-era Boston as youngest brother Joe defies his police officer father to climb the ladder of organized crime. As his […]
October 12, 2012
We are extremely pleased to introduce District 65 educator Manuel Aleman and his sons Norberto and Daniel Aleman-Padilla as the next featured artists in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Throughout October, the work of this talented family will be showcased on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Branch in celebration of Latin@ […]
October 11, 2012
In a separate ceremony, the National Book Foundation (National Book Awards) will honor young authors who have earned recognition for their writing. This meeting will take place in Brooklyn Nov. 12, two days prior to when the main awards are given out. The 2012 honorees are Jennifer duBois (A Partial History of Lost Causes), Stuart […]
October 11, 2012
For the award in fiction, the NBA committee nominated Junot Diaz, who continues to garner attention for his short story collection “This is How You Lose Her,” along with Dave Eggers for “A Hologram for the King” and Louise Erdrich for her work “The Round House.” In nonfiction, Anthony Shadid, who died earlier this year […]
October 11, 2012
The Nobel Prize committee announced today that Mo Yan, age 57, of China is this year’s Nobel Prize winner for literature. This article from today’s LA Times quoted the Nobel committee’s description of Mo’s style as “hallucinatory realism,” which blends aspects of “folk tales, history and the contemporary.” Mo is most known here in the U.S. for his […]
