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A contributing editor of New York magazine whose new book, Hothouse: The Art of Survival and the Survival of Art at America’s Most Celebrated Publishing House, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, was published in August by Simon & Schuster, offers ten big takeaways for writers from the good, bad old days of the publishing giant.
George Saunders’s recent Syracuse University graduation speech will be expanded into a book for Random House; Kera Bolonik examines the influence of Walt Whitman on the popular television series Breaking Bad; Brain Picker showcases the sole existing audio recording of Raymond Chandler; and other news.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has purchased the Washington Post; Elmore Leonard is recuperating after a stroke; Boris Kachka provides an insider's view of the Jonathan Franzen versus Oprah’s Book Club dustup of 2001; and other news.
Flavorwire explores the minds behind book thievery; Robert Bolaño the posthumous poet; why book covers will never be the same; and other news.
Author Lara Santoro discussed gender disparity in literary fiction; Volume One Brooklyn views the exhibit Marcel Proust and Swann's Way: 100th Anniversary on display at New York City's Morgan Library; novelist Lauren Grodstein reveals what she's learned from an onslaught of Amazon user reviews; and other news.
Three indy bookstores have filed a lawsuit against Amazon and the big six publishers; poet and critic Adam Kirsch takes the pulse of the contemporary essay; Volume 1 Brooklyn dedicated its first in a series of literary trading cards to David Foster Wallace; and other news.
Digital Book World reports e-book revenue growth is slowing; Dwight Garner parses the legacy of the Oxford American; the Millions features useful holiday gifts ideas for writers; and other news.
Speculation and rumor continue to drive the gossip surrounding Tom Wolfe’s and Richard Ford’s decisions to leave their former publishing houses, but their true reasons remain a mystery.
Graywolf Press, a 26-year-old literary nonprofit publisher based in St. Paul, has entered into a new distribution deal with New York publishing giant Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
