The Art of Reading Philip Roth: Turning Sentences Around
A literary look at the career of prolific author Philip Roth, our Great American Novelist.
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Genre: Fiction
The Contester: Winnow's Refund Runs Into Trouble
Six months after announcing that there would be no winner chosen for their First Book Award in Fiction competition, Winnow Press struggles to fulfill their uncommon promise to refund entry fees.
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Fear and Loathing on the Book Tour, Part 6: Postcard From Seattle
Another day, another strange encounter in an airport. This one with Charles D’Ambrosio, who wound up on the same flight as ours from Portland to Seattle.
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Fear and Loathing on the Book Tour, Part 5: Postcard From Portland, Oregon
Why is Portland, Oregon, my favorite city in which to read? Let me count the ways.
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Mailer, Miller, and Roth Make Playboy's Sexiest Novels List
Playboy recently named the twenty-five sexiest novels ever written. The list of works “famous for being dirty books for decades” includes Norman Mailer’s An American Dream (Dial Press, 1965).
Fear and Loathing on the Book Tour, Part 2: Postcard From New York City
Ah, springtime in New York City! That ineluctable smell! What is it, exactly? Curry and fish sauce, garbage, perfume, rotten eggs, fresh bread, urine, incense, stale tailpipe, shish kebab, body odor. (I am estimating.)
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Fear and Loathing on the Book Tour, Part 1: Postcard From Boston
This is the first installment in a series of Postcards written by Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott, coauthors of Which Brings Me to You (Algonquin Books, 2006), while on tour to promote their book.
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The Contester: The Collapse of Neil Azevedo's Zoo
Two years after the failure of Zoo Press's fiction contests in 2004, founder Neil Azevedo responds about more controversy surrounding its poetry contests.
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