Tuesday Morning LitLinks
Alison Flood revels in the the “undiluted, unpretentious fun” of the works of Jilly Cooper. (Guardian Books Blog)
A survey of failed celebrity political campaigns, including more than a few writers (they missed a real opportunity in Hunter Thompson’s run for Aspen sheriff). (TIME)
Pat Conroy wants to know what all this hubbub over eBooks is about. (ABCNews)
John McMurtrie surveys a healthy selection of Northern California bookstore cats. (San Francisco Chronicle)
M.A. Orthofer previews this fall’s Frankfurt Book Fair. (The Literary Saloon)
After fifty-four agents pass on his unpublished novel, James King wins the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and finally gets his publishing deal. (The Daily Dish)
Emily Stokes profiles Lydia Davis over lunch. (Financial Times)
Pamela Paul defends the right of adults to read young adult literature. (NYTimes)
R.I.P. Matthew Simmons, author and proponent of “Peak Oil” theory. (MarketWatch)
“On this day in 1637, Edward King, college friend of John Milton, was drowned at sea; three months later, Milton published his commemorative poem, “Lycidas.” This is one of the major contributions to the elegiac tradition, giving not only inspiration to Shelley (”Adonais”) and Tennyson (”In Memoriam”) but a title to Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward Angel.” (Today in Literature)
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