June 6, 2012
Can you figure out the classic’s title from the blanked out cover? Hint: one of them is by an author who was in the news today. Quiz provided by Gabe Hash of PW. Answers on the bottom for those who give up! Shira S.
June 6, 2012
Known as the master of science fiction, Ray Bradbury died Tuesday at the age of 91. More than eight million copies of his books were sold during his lifetime, including the short-story collections The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man and The Golden Apples of the Sun, and the novels Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This […]
June 4, 2012
Oprah Winfrey is reviving her book club after a 2-year break. This new version of her book club is called Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 and has been updated with with digital and social-media elements such as Facebook and Twitter. Her first pick is Wild by Cheryl Strayed, a nonfiction tale of the author’s author’s epic […]
May 31, 2012
Divergent author Veronica Roth is currently featured on our home page and will be taking part in a YA discussion June 8 here at EPL! See this article in the Trib about YA writers, which explains in part how Roth wrote her book. (“Divergent” is considered a readalike to the dystopian The Hunger Games.) Here’s […]
May 25, 2012
Executive Director of the New York Writer’s Coalition and volunteers offered free writing workshops throughout New York City last week, including a session on a round trip subway train to Flushing, Queens. Participants were told they could write whatever they wanted during the 75-minute trip. Several dozen people joined the diverse group, including a jewelry […]
May 22, 2012
Poetry fans who miss National Poetry Month (April) can indulge again now that the Museum of Modern Art in NYC has installed 4 telephones for visitors to call and hear a poet reading his/her poetry. There’s also an outside number in case getting to the museum is not in your plans. Dial 347-POET001 to hear […]
May 22, 2012
The qualities that make her books so appealing can be seen in this delightful interview in the NY Times. Higgins Clark comes across as down to earth, “normal,” and as a woman with much life experience. Her most recent novel just came out recently. The Lost Years is a mystery in which one of the […]
May 22, 2012
Okay, maybe not really. But check out this study which suggests that heavy reading is correlated with a lighter frame. According to Fred Pampel, a sociologist at the University of Colorado, ” interest in ideas, art, and knowledge…is associated as strongly as exercise with a lower body-mass index”. Pampel looked at survey data for people […]
May 16, 2012
The Los Angeles Times wrote this stately obituary: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-carlos-fuentes-20120516,0,90903.story Author of more than 20 books, his best-known works include “The Old Gringo” (1985) and “The Death of Artemio Cruz” (1962). Fuentes also wrote the bestselling illustrated history “The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World” (1992) and essays dealing with innumerable aspects of Latin […]
May 10, 2012
Several weeks ago (Mar 21) I wrote about the James Beard Foundation nominations for outstanding cookbooks. Despite its huge size and hefty price (43 pounds and $625, or less on Amazon), “Modernist Cuisine” took top honors this year. The main author, Nathan Myrhvold, is an impressive person for his intellectual abilities and sense of adventure. […]
