Now that Ann Beattie’s Mrs. Nixon is out, what First Lady deserves the fiction treatment next? Justin Taylor talking about Stephen King is one of those things you think would be cool if it happened. Then one day it does, and you’re like, “Holy shit! That was awesome!” Such is the case with his piece at Tor.com. Robert Birnbaum of The Morning News sits down with Nicole Krauss. The worst covers of Life Magazine as picked by Life Magazine. (Thanks […]
Afternoon Bites: NY Tyrant, the LA scene, “11/22/63,” and more
Errol Morris has some good things to say about Stephen King’s 11/22/63 in this weekend’s New York Times Book Review, and coins the phrase “the weird quotidian” in the process. (Morris also chatted with King for the paper’s ArtsBeat blog.) Amelia Gray, recently arrived in the city in question, on Los Angeles’s literary scene. At HTML Giant, news of the next issue of New York Tyrant. Alexander Chee on David Mazzuchelli’s Asterios Polyp. Warren Ellis’s “The Near Future of Pop” […]
Morning Bites: Franzen talks HBO, Bob Powers, Tony Iommi in Greenpoint, R. Kelly, and more
We’d like to congratulate our friend Bob Powers (above) for getting his book The Werewolf’s Guide to Life mentioned in a Gawker post titled “Satanic Sex Ritual Threesome Not as Awesome as It Sounds.” Jonathan Franzen talks The Corrections on HBO, and Edith Wharton with Vulture. Stephen King is donating $70,000 to help keep low-income Maine residents warm this winter. On Megan Boyle’s Selected Unpublished Blog Posts of a Mexican Panda Express Employee. Just a heavy metal legend hanging out in Greenpoint, signing copies of his […]
Morning Bites: Nobel odds, Esquire short fiction, Book Riot, Stephen King on horror flicks, and more
Place your bets on the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. Esquire wants you to write 78 words of fiction. If it’s good, you can go study with Colum McCann. Book Riot has launched. We think it might be the future. Israeli writer Yoram Kaniuk is officially a man without a religion. Tonight on Turner Classic Movies, an hour of Stephen King talking about horror movies. Over at Salon, Scott Timberg’s essay on the ” hollowing out of the creative […]
Happy Bill Murray/Leonard Cohen/Stephen King Day
Posted by Jason Diamond Not only do Leonard Cohen, Bill Murray, and Stephen King all celebrate birthdays today, but so do H.G. Wells, Chuck Jones, and Dave Coulier. That’s pretty much everybody that matters, and I think we should get a day off because of it.
Stephen King on a “Carrie” remake
Posted by Jason Diamond “I guess I could get behind it if they turned the project over to one of the Davids: Lynch or Cronenberg.” -Stephen King talking to Entertainment Weekly about the possibility of a remake of Brian De Palma’s 1976 adaptation of King’s book, Carrie.
Morning Bites: Charlie Sheen Poetry, Jamie Iredell Playlist, Stephen King on JFK, Blade Runner 2 and More
Of course Charlie Sheen put out a book of poetry. Of course he did. Jamie Iredell gives Largehearted Boy a playlist for his latest book, The Book of Freaks. James Yeh takes a look at some of his favorite highlights from Open City Magazine. Stephen King’s going to write a novel about the JFK assassination. Aldous Huxley’s children’s book is re-published. Blade Runner 2. This sounds like a really awful idea.
Bites: New Granta, Blake Butler Talks to Andrew Zornoza, Stephen King Rocks With The Cougar, Speaking Teabag, and More
Granta announced their next issue will be based around “Work”. Over at Bookslut, Blake Butler has a conversation with Andrew Zornoza. Chris Farley is talked about. The new issue of Bookslut also has an interview with Daniel Nester. What do Stephen King, The Cougar, Neko Case, and Elvis Costello have in common? This musical. Learn to speak teabag. The Forward’s Sisterhood blog responds to Katie Roiphe’s article about male writers and sex writing.