The LCD inverter board on my laptop is dead. I am in the middle of nowhere and cannot find a replacement. Not at Fry’s. Not…
Forget the tomfoolery. Some serious news in India (live stream). 80 dead in Mumbai, hundreds injured. NDTV: “A Briton who escaped the terrorist attack at…
Their gaunt faces continue to suggest that our days may indeed be numbered. They do not speak, but they make deranged cooing sounds. I have…
We are not in New York. Our gaunt hosts have sallow eyes, aquiline noses, and have muttered some nonsense in Gaelic. I heard one of…
Christopher Plummer appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #253. Mr. Plummer is the author of In Spite of Myself. He is also a highly talented…
Our reports from the National Book Awards previously appeared in piecemeal on these pages, and have also appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #252. So…
Alex Beckstead appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #251. Mr. Beckstead is the filmmaker behind Paperback Dreams, a documentary on independent bookstores. The documentary is…
Alison Bechdel recently appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #250. Ms. Bechdel is most recently the author of The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For….
Porochista Khakpour recently appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #249. Ms. Khakpour is the author of Sons and Other Flammable Objects. Condition of Mr. Segundo:…
Tonight, while delivering a speech at a Washington hotel, Attorney General Michael Mukasey began slurring his words and lost consciousness. He collapsed and was rushed…
A few days ago, I openly pondered why Billy Joel’s “A Matter of Trust” was released to the airwaves. I vowed to track down the…
And the winner is Peter Matthiessen’s Shadow Country. An interminable preliminary speech from Gail Godwin….. And then…. Matthiessen’s speech: He’s smiling as he walks up…
And the winner is Annette Gordon Reed’s The Hemingses of Monticello. Reed’s speech: Tonight is actually her birthday. She lived too much in the 18th…
And the winner is Mark Doty’s Fire to Fire. Doty’s speech: “Robert is right. This is really good baloney.” Very nervous. “I am glad to…
And the winner is Judy Blundell’s What I Saw and How I Lied. Blundell’s speech: Always a bad idea to follow Daniel Handler. “Most of…
While wandering around the ballroom in search of quotes (and observing Leon Neyfakh’s fine method of collecting quotes from people while standing near the restrooms),…
(This podcast is part of our 2008 National Book Awards coverage. Keep checking this category for details.) Who is the Correspondent Talking With? Richard Howard…
Outside the ballroom. “Are you nervous?” “Actually, I’m here because of my wife.” “Moral support then?” “You could call it that.” “Was it a big…
(This podcast is part of our 2008 National Book Awards coverage. Keep checking this category for details.) Who is the Correspondent Talking With? Candace Bushnell…
(This podcast is part of our 2008 National Book Awards coverage. Keep checking this category for details.) Who is the Correspondent Talking With? Mark Doty…
(This podcast is part of our 2008 National Book Awards coverage. Keep checking this category for details.) Who is the Correspondent Talking With? Salvatore Scibona…
(This podcast is part of our 2008 National Book Awards coverage. Keep checking this category for details.) Who is the Correspondent Talking With? Annette Gordon…
(This podcast is part of our 2008 National Book Awards coverage. Keep checking this category for details.) Who is the Correspondent Talking With? Joan Wickersham…
I am now situated in the press section of the Cipriani Ballroom. Galleycat’s Jason Boog is here, and we are urging him to get his…
Not long ago, I listened to a remarkably wretched piece of music, perhaps dating from the late 1980s, while waiting for someone. Now I had…
During the past two days, there have been sparse entries on these pages. There are reasons for this: a few deadlines met, a few interviews…