Sunday Morning LitLinks
Swiss author Jens Peterson takes the €25,000 ($32,600) Bachmann Prize for his novel Bis dass der Tod (Until Death).
Forget top 10 lists: Times Online offers up their hundred recommendations for summer reading.
Spain celebrates the 100th anniversary of Bulgarian novelist Dimitar Dimov’s birth.
Santa Barbara poet laureate David Starkey offers a more modest list of poetry recommends.
NPR’s Davar Iran Ardalan looks at the poetry coming out of Iran, 140 characters at a time.
AP writer Martha Waggoner documents Kaye Gibbons’ turmoil as she continues to battle her “inner demons”.
Martin Jarvis presents a survivor’s guide to literary festivals.
The Boston Globe looks at the emerging literary sub-genre of the Ultimate Fighter memoir.
The Guardian’s Oliver Marre profiles George Weidenfeld to mark his 60th year in publishing.
Today in Literature: On this day in 1915, Henry James petitioned the British Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith, for naturalization in England.
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June 28th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
I loved the piece about literary festivals — I can easily picture the Terry Jones scene.
I’ve never been to any of these things. Are there any of note around here (say west of the Mississippi and east of CA)?
Since my wife’s a bluegrass mandolinist I’m a veteran of those sorts of festivals, which can get weird in their own way. But at least there’s music.
June 28th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/bookfair.html
fair amount in the central US / midwest.
June 28th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
oops. sorted by state:
http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/bookfair.html#LISTING%20BY%20STATE
poor idaho…
June 28th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
I had no idea — thanks.
June 28th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
sure!