On sale today: The Making of Donald Trump by David Cay Johnston
Today’s the day: The Making of Donald Trump, the product of nearly thirty years of reporting by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, is on sale now. Early reviews are already in. Kirkus Reviews… Read more »
Couple loses job after writing anti-Trump children’s book
It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that the jerks are at it again. Amy Graff at SFGate reports that their latest target are married couple Brad and Amy… Read more »
In his new book, Jonah Lehrer may only have learned how to plagiarize better
It must only be because his disgrace was so colossal that Jonah Lehrer was given another chance. When Lehrer resigned from the New Yorker and had two of his books pulled from… Read more »
Our fearless leader speaks
In case you missed it, Kirkus recently sat down with none other than Dennis Loy Johnson, Melville House’s co-founder and co-director (the “co-” indicating, in both cases, his collaboration with the equally redoubtable Valerie Merians). There’d be… Read more »
Gay Talese disowns his own book, calling its credibility “down the toilet”… or does he?
You think you’ve had a busy summer? Buddy, you don’t know the half of it. Try imagining the emotional rollercoaster that’s been Gay Talese’s life over the past few months.… Read more »
The Art of the Novella challenge 47: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles Author: Arthur Conan Doyle First published: 1902 Page count: 119 First line: Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions… Read more »
How do you write a woke kid’s book?
It’s deceptively difficult to write a good children’s book. For every jamoke who thinks that the smaller the page count, the less talent is required, there’s an uninspired and boring… Read more »
A Very Special Art of the Novella challenge: The Nose (Installment #46)
Title: The Nose Author: Nikolai Gogol First published: 1836 Page count: 50 First line: On the 25th of March, there took place in Petersburg a most extraordinarily strange occurrence. Editor’s… Read more »
The Art of the Novella challenge 45: Freya of the Seven Isles
Title: Freya of the Seven Isles Author: Joseph Conrad First published: 1912 Page count: 117 First line: One day — and that day was many years ago — I received a long, chatty letter from… Read more »
The Art of the Novella challenge 44: Stempenyu: A Jewish Romance
Title: Stempenyu: A Jewish Romance Author: Sholem Aleichem First published: 1888 Page count: 195 First line: Stempenyu was the nickname he inherited from his father. What makes this a specifically… Read more »