Tuesday Morning LitLinks
Publishers Weekly cover photo gets the chattering classes chattering. (GalleyCat)
Wave of the future? Author Stephen R. Covey signs an exclusive deal with Amazon. (PC World)
Gersh Kuntzman chats it up with novelist Jonathan Safran Foer. (The Brooklyn Paper)
Evan Maloney examines why it’s best to take one’s time when reading literature. (Guardian Books Blog)
S.A. Griffin presents the concept behind his “Poetry Bomb” project. (outlaw poetry and free jazz network)
M.A. Othofer looks back at his ‘year in books.’ (The Literary Saloon)
Authors Guild not pleased with Random House chairman Markus Dohle’s letter to agents regarding eBook rights. (Publishers Weekly)
Poet Derek Mahon to address attendees at the screening of the documentary “Derek Mahon: The Poetry Nonsense.” (The Irish Film and Television Network)
Amazon launches Kindle iPhone app in 60 markets around the world. (Gizmondo Australia)
Jason Boog has the scoop on how you can get a free Sherlock Holmes audiobook. (GalleyCat)
On this day in 1922, T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (originally titled He Do the Police in Different Voices) was published. (Today in Literature)
December 15th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
“Did the world’s great novelists really spend years agonising over the pitch and rhythm of their sentences so some time-efficient post-modern reader could skim over the text like a political spin doctor searching for soundbites in the transcript of a ministerial speech?”
I totally heard angels singing here. Is that wrong?
I feel a Quote of the Night coming on - and it’s not just because I’m lazy.
December 15th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
it’s a damn worthy one.