Posts Tagged ‘Judy Blume’
May 15, 2013 | by Sadie Stein
Flavorwire rounds up handwritten outlines. (That’s William Faulkner’s outline for A Fable written on the wall.)
“The Good Union bookstore, which usually sells school textbooks, said it had sold roughly eighty sets of the trilogy in the past month. By comparison, Taobao’s current number one best seller, Travel Keeps You Young, sold four hundred copies last month.” Contraband 50 Shades hits China.
Judy Blume, on the big screen for the first time.
“I saw women on the street cars with their little changer belts … And they had caps with bills on them and they had form-fitting jackets. I loved the uniforms! So I said, ‘That’s the job I want.’” Maya Angelou’s teenage ambition.
Meet the Man Booker International Prize finalists.
TAGS Judy Blume, Maya Angelou, roundup, William Faulkner
January 29, 2013 | by Sadie Stein
If you’re not Pride and Prejudiced out, here’s a playlist. (We think it should end with “Chapel of Love,” but that’s a matter of opinion.)
Barnes & Noble will be downsizing, closing twenty stores a year for the next ten years. (Did you know they had that many stores?)
In related news, the Globe and Mail is, depressingly, slashing its books section. That’s right: “Slashing.”
At least the word puberty is no longer censored! Judy Blume on the bad times.
It would seem that Harry Potter, like the Bible, can be used to support any argument.
TAGS Barnes & Noble, Globe and Mail, Harry Potter, Judy Blume, Pride and Prejudice
July 12, 2012 | by Sadie Stein
Yes, the Vatican is publishing e-books.
So is Judy Blume.
Amazon pulls a book allegedly containing a hundred previously undiscovered Caravaggios after scholars question its legitimacy.
Meanwhile, the Codex Calixtinus, a twelfth-century manuscript that disappeared last year, has been recovered.
Happy birthday, E. B. White. Here are some piglets.
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TAGS Caravaggio, Codx Calixtinus, E. B. White, ebooks, Judy Blume, news, the vatican
February 22, 2012 | by Sadie Stein
P.G. Wodehouse.
A cultural news roundup.
R.I.P. Barney Rosset.
Judy Blume’s Oscar picks.
Paramount makes the Puzo Estate an offer it can refuse?
Surely you’re joking, Mr. McCarthy.
A site of one’s own.
A room for one’s books.
Wodehouse’s wartime legacy.
The Master Book of All Plots?
A truly beautiful library.
Forget Washington. Things to do for Wallace’s birthday.
“Fans trek across the country for the chance to see Wallace’s underlined paperbacks, his early drafts, his e-mails to tax experts. The staff has even received a request for a scan of Wallace’s handwriting, for use as a tattoo.”
He fought Wikipedia, and Wikipedia won.
Lin-ericks.
Lin-dles.
Lin(coln) Towers.
TAGS Anthony Shadid, Barney Rosset, basketball, Cormac McCarthy, David Foster Wallace, Jeremy Lin, Judy Blume, Kindle, Mario Puzo, New York Knicks, Oscars, P.G. Wodehouse, Paramount, Ransom Center, Richard Feynman, sports, The Godfather, Two Serious Ladies, Vennesla Library, Wikipedia
November 30, 2011 | by Deirdre Foley-Mendelssohn
A cultural news roundup.
“His innate humility counters his naked ambition, his earnest sentimentality complements the company’s ironic capering, and the shy reediness of his singing voice strengthens the appeal of lyrics steeled with resolution.” On Kermit the Frog.
Long-lost Kerouac.
Long-lost Brontë.
Long-lost Walt Disney, in pictures.
The lost art of titles.
“You better get fitted for a black eyepatch in case one of yours gets gouged out by a bushy-haired stranger in a dimly lit parking lot. How fast can you learn Braille?” Cruel rejection letters.
Judy Blume: “I would cry when the rejections came in—the first couple of times, anyway—and I would go to sleep feeling down, but I would wake up in the morning optimistic and saying, ‘Well, maybe they didn't like that one, but wait till they see what I'm going to do next.’”
Miranda July sets up shop in SoHo.
Pippa instructs on how to be the perfect party hostess.
Margaret Atwood draws!
Obama pushes books!
Ray Bradbury relents!
TAGS Charlotte Bronte, Judy Blume, Kermit the Frog, Kerouax, Margaret Atwood, Miranda July, Obama, Pippa Middleton, Ray Bradbury, Walt Disney
