Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant: AM Roundup

October 04, 2004

The 56th Frankfurt Book Fair begins on Wednesday and Hannah Wettig wants to know if Arab literature has a chance. Meanwhile, publisher Mohammed Rashad shares his thoughts. [UPDATE: And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that Laila has weighed in as well.]
Attorneys for the estate of John Steinbeck's widow want Steinbeck's heirs to back off. Who knew that Oprah's East of Eden pick could transmute into such a nuisance?
Just when he got out, Mark Winegardner is pulling him back in. "At the same time I'm trying to write a novel that would be appealing to the popcorn crowd, and God bless 'em. I think literary writers can lose sight of the sheer page-turning pleasure that a novel can give," says Winegardner of The Godfather Returns. Don't you mean the sizable paycheck, Mark?
The Scotsman notes that Edinburgh's literary reputation as a murder apex is unfounded. There were only six murders in the past twelve months, and all of them were solved.
Eduardo Gonzalez Viana has been awarded Peru's highest literary honor.
Four original Norman Rockwells are being unloaded to save a library with ties to Funk & Wagnalls.
The James Joyce Bloomsbury expo hits Boston and The Globe is impressed.

Posted by DrMabuse at October 4, 2004 09:32 AM

Comments

"Don't you mean the sizable paycheck, Mark?"

If that's what I meant -- or if it was even remotely true -- I would have said it.

Posted by: Mark Winegardner at October 30, 2004 03:33 PM