Daniyal Mueenuddin Interview: On Pakistan from James Roland on Vimeo. In this second part of a two-part video interview with Daniyal Mueenuddin, we talk about Pakistan — the power struggles between genders and class and its inevitable plunge into chaos. Also, we discuss the wonderful and delightful benefits of misery. Daniyal Mueenuddin’s book is “In […]
Daniyal Mueenuddin Interview: On Writing from RedFence Video on Vimeo. Daniyal Mueenuddin’s debut collection of short stories, “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders” chronicles the struggles among the affluent and destitute in Pakistan. The stories revolve around the extended family of a wealthy landowner, Mr. K. K. Harouni, mostly taking place on farms in Pakistan. Previously, […]
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I love the story of Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen and I love its cover art as well. It’s cover art that’s not only beautiful, and hooks your attention, but is connected to the events and people and meaning of the novel. It’s the type of cover that gives you a sense of what […]
I just got around to reading the winter issue of Zoetrope, and it was quite good, especially the lead story “We Were Champions” by April Wilder, which deals with molestation by a softball coach and a metaphor-heavy image of a roasting pig. Beat that! I do wish that instead of re-printing the Scott Fitzgerald story […]
The New Yorker has the most authoritative article on David Foster Wallace that I’ve seen yet. Quite long, with a goody-bag of detail about his life and struggle with depression. It’s an accurate portrait of the man’s intelligence and empathy. This issue also has an excerpt from Wallace’s work in progress, a novel about IRS […]
Slate argues that the Kindle will kill traditional publishing. BookSquare talks about how e-pricing will affect publishers (and check out all the comments). More Kindle buzz from Kindlebuzz. Amazon capitulates! The Kindle will now allow publishers to turn off the Audio Reading feature. What the Sony Reader has over the Kindle 2 and why the […]
In recent news, Powell’s reported that their online used book sales have skyrocketed. Which makes sense, given the economy. People try to sell their books for money, which gluts the market, and people would often rather purchase cheaper books than new books. So, given that used book sales spike in times of financial crisis, and […]
Over at The Smart Set, Colin Fleming tells us that now that the hoopla over Benjamin Button has died down, we can start reading some good Fitzgerald short stories: But if the sentiments expressed in his letters are any indication, the Fitzgerald who worked his ass off in Hollywood, who failed over and over again, […]
Overall, the reviews of the Brad Gooch biography of Flannery O’Connor have been extremely positive, even though many reviewers admit the difficulties of writing about an author who said about her own life: “there won’t be any biographies of me because, for only one reason, lives spent between the house and the chicken yard do […]
