Until Friday, it had not occurred to me to subdivide yoga into cultural and lingusitical categories. Enter Lisa Grunberger, author of Yiddish Yoga, who documented…
It has been suggested by more than a few parties that my BookExpo coverage betrays a sourpuss disposition. It has also been insinuated that I…
Panel: Book Reviews 2010: What Will They Look Like? Participants: John Reed, The Brooklyn Rail (Moderator); Ben Greenman, The New Yorker; Otis Chandler, Goodreads; Bethanne…
I talked with Bethanne Patrick, host of The Book Studio, in an effort to determine the proper way to say “Whee!” in relation to books….
During the course of my BEA journalism, I encountered the large and appealing figure of Clifford the Big Red Dog. Since I was feeling that…
Back in April, it was revealed that the galley for James Ellroy’s Blood’s a Rover contained a note asking all of Ellroy’s readers to become…
There’s a desperate atmosphere evident even in the panels. And I’m not just talking about the execution, but the conception. One such panel that I…
The two words that come to mind are “junior size.” With Macmillan off the floor altogether and even HarperCollins seeing reduced foot traffic, one wanders…
You will not see me anywhere near BookExpo America today, nor will there be any reports, writeups, transcripts, audio clips, damaging photographs, evidence for an…
Kathleen Collins appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #290. Kathleen Collins is most recently the author of Watching What We Eat. Condition of Mr. Segundo:…
Javier Calvo and Mara Faye Lethem both appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #289. Javier Calvo is the author of Wonderful World. Mara Faye Lethem…
It cannot be an accident that one of Drag Me to Hell‘s central images involves loan officer Christine Brown eating a whole tub of ice…
Arthur Phillips appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #288. Arthur Phillips is most recently the author of The Song is You. Condition of Mr. Segundo:…
Sarah Waters appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #287. To listen to our previous interview with Sarah Waters, check out The Bat Segundo Show #37….
Chuck Palahniuk is regularly dismissed by the snobs. Despite his sales, you will not see a New York Review of Books or a Bookforum essay…
As Darby Dixon III has suggested, with the exception of Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Dick Meyer’s list of great books written after 1900 has all the…
Since today is apparently self-promotion day, I should point out that I have been signed up for a blogger signing at BEA. On Sunday, May…
Colin Marshall, who runs the excellent KCSB program, The Marketplace of Ideas, was very kind to interview me recently. And he’s apparently accused me of…
Dear Dave: Seriously, man, do not fuck with people’s emotions. I’m with you for lifting up people’s spirits. I’ve done quite a bit of that…
In today’s Barnes and Noble Review, you can find my piece on Nancy Kress’s Steal Across the Sky. The first sentence — what some folks…
Michelle Goldberg appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #286. Michelle Goldberg is most recently the author of The Means of Reproduction. Condition of Mr. Segundo:…
This blog will not be distributed through Kindle. I cannot possibly give away so many of my rights for a mere 30% of the cut….
As resistance leaders go, John Connor is about as imposing as an out-of-shape hipster easily thrown out of the back door by an indolent bouncer….
Sixteen years ago — just a year before Kurt Cobain blew his brains out — Katie Roiphe wrote a book called The Morning After, in…
She may be smart, but she doesn’t seem to know much about men. But in real life, journalists are feeling the chill. The stylish grandmother…
Brandon Scott Gorrell and Tao Lin’s The Brandon Book Crisis contains a considerable amount of white space, thereby reflecting the aesthetic of an Outlook email…
I’ve been getting a number of emails about BEA. And by “number,” let’s just say that it’s not a big number. In fact, the number…
Nelson George appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #285. Nelson George is most recently the author of City Kid. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Drowning in…