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David Sedaris and a million little chuckles

There's a minor scandal brewing for American funnyman David Sedaris. Last month in a New Republic piece, Alex Heard called out Sedaris on embellishments and fabrications in several of his non-fiction humour pieces. Most of ... Read More »

April 12, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Dude's all like "vengeance is mine" and shit

By Leigh Anne Williams

In The New Yorker, Daniel Radosh looks at the business of Bible publishing, concentrating on the Nashville-based giant Thomas Nelson Publishers. Of particular interest to Radosh is the brand extension strategy -- keeping the Bible ... Read More »

December 11, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The view from the edge of retirement

By Leigh Anne Williams

The allegedly press-shy Alice Munro was the subject of long features in the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail this week, and in the former she turns over another card in the ongoing media ... Read More »

November 2, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

James Joyce's grandson sounds like a bit of a jerk

By Cassandra Drudi

Just in time for Bloomsday, Bookninja links to an amusing New Yorker story that documents the grade-A ridiculosity of Stephen James Joyce, James Joyce's grandson and only living descendant. The man who "since the mid-nineteen-eighties...has ... Read More »

June 13, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Hating The Da Vinci Code, the sequel

By Leigh Anne Williams

In Other Media is not a fan of The New Yorker's funnyman film critic, Anthony Lane, clinging as we do to the idealistic belief that a review should be something more than a preening display ... Read More »

May 23, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

On the falsification of books

By Scott MacDonald

Henry Alford reports in a New Yorker piece from last August about an unnamed investigator's search for a proverbial needle in the haystack -- the single falsified word in the most recent edition of the ... Read More »

November 2, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

The Paris Review undergoes restructuring

By Scott MacDonald

Renowned for its support of emerging writers, one of America's most prestigious literary journals, The Paris Review, has undergone a facelift. Under the new command of Philip Gourevitch, a non-fiction author and writer for The ... Read More »

September 14, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

One-on-one with Alice Munro

By Leigh Anne Williams

It's a celebration of Alice Munro this week in The New Yorker. In this week's issue, the magazine is publishing no less than three linked Munro stories; the first of them, "Chance," is available free ... Read More »

June 7, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: The New Yorker

David Sedaris and a million little chuckles

Dude's all like "vengeance is mine" and shit

The view from the edge of retirement

James Joyce's grandson sounds like a bit of a jerk

Hating The Da Vinci Code, the sequel

On the falsification of books

The Paris Review undergoes restructuring

One-on-one with Alice Munro

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