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Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends
The winning story of Boston Review's 15th annual fiction contest is online ; I think it's unpretentious and moving. Advance Reading Copies are the new cute dogs -- they do all the romantic luring for you. (They also make excellent -- and free...
by Sharon Steel | Jun 19, 2008 | with no comments

In Flames

In Flames
The Harvard Book Store has some lovely events and readings scheduled for early June -- the main one we're excited about is David Sedaris on June 6, though we just found out it was sold out! Oi. Obvs the HBS would have hosted the former Christmas elf...
by Sharon Steel | May 19, 2008 | with no comments

Making Love With Norman

Making Love With Norman
How stoked was Richard Johnson when he and the rest of the Page Six crew got to slap the headline " Mailer's Lust Goes to Harvard " on today's Post ? We're still getting over the ick-factor, but the item is pretty interesting, if...
by Sharon Steel | Apr 23, 2008 | with no comments

Mortified: Love is a Battlefield tomorrow at the Paradise Lounge

Mortified: Love is a Battlefield tomorrow at the Paradise Lounge
In this week's fishwrap we chatted with Mortified creator David Nadelberg about social wallflowers, accidental art, and his new romance-themed anthology. It's 275 pages filled with brutally humiliating tales of love and lust and youth. We cannot...
by Sharon Steel | Feb 05, 2008 | with no comments

Attention, Roller Derby scribes!

Attention, Roller Derby scribes!
Oh, we love oddly theme magazine issues. MediaBistro's GalleyCat alerted us to the fact that the literary magazine Barrelhouse is seeking your best roller derby writing for an upcoming issue . Some details to bear in mind: Barrelhouse wants: "Fiction...
by Sharon Steel | Jan 29, 2008 | with no comments

Knighted

Knighted
The New York Times has an interesting essay in their Sunday Book Review about how Elie Weisel's Night became a best-seller ... again.
by Sharon Steel | Jan 23, 2008 | with no comments

Anne Sexton Tribute this Sunday, Nov. 18th

Anne Sexton Tribute this Sunday, Nov. 18th
From the inbox: Tribute to poet Anne Sexton Sunday, November 18th at 2 pm Don't miss our 5th annual celebration of the life and legacy of Anne Sexton, featuring readings and reminiscences by four friends and colleagues Join us for our annual tribute...
by Sharon Steel | Nov 16, 2007 | with 1 comment(s)

Best American Essays tonight at the Brookline Booksmith

Best American Essays tonight at the Brookline Booksmith
Editor DAVID FOSTER WALLACE lead a formidable group of contributors in a discussion of this year's answer to The Best American Essays . And tonight, Elaine Scarry, Jerald Walker, and Robert Atwan will bring their work to the reading stage. So if you've...
by Sharon Steel | Nov 08, 2007 | with 3 comment(s)

Poetry Series Alert

Poetry Series Alert
From the inbox: Pierre Menard Gallery on Arrow Street has offered space to Somerville-based Cervena Barva Press editor and publisher, Gloria Mindock, for a new series that will run monthly through April 2008. Mary Bonina is helping coordinate the series...
by Sharon Steel | Aug 21, 2007 | with 8 comment(s)

Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant

Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant
Tonight! Steve Almond, Laura Dave, and editor Jenni Ferarri-Adler read from Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone . Twenty-six writers (including Nora Ephron, Ann Patchett, and Haruki Murakami) reflect...
by Sharon Steel | Aug 09, 2007 | with 3 comment(s)

Grub turns 10: Party tonight

Grub turns 10: Party tonight
A decade ago, Eve Bridburg started Grub Street, Inc., Boston's independent writing center. Eight thousand students later, Grub celebrates it's 10th anniversary tonight on Boston Common, across the street from Grub headquarters at 160 Boylston...
by Nina MacLaughlin | Jul 27, 2007 | with no comments

Get Your Harry Potter Slash On

Get Your Harry Potter Slash On
If our posting schedule seems irregular in the next week or so, it's because we're really busy listening to "Save Ginny Weasley" on repeat and blushing over novel-length Harry Potter fan fiction that involves...naughtiness: "Please...
by Sharon Steel | Jul 03, 2007 | with 10 comment(s)

HOWL: On the Road in Lowell

HOWL: On the Road in Lowell
Having taken meticulous notes and planned the novel during his cross-country travels, JACK KEROUAC wrote the first draft of On the Road in a three-week burst of creativity, taping sheets of paper together so they could run through his typewriter uninterrupted...
by Sharon Steel | Jun 18, 2007 | with 8 comment(s)

WEDNESDAY: Rishi Reddi at Borders

WEDNESDAY: Rishi Reddi at Borders
The lit buzz circulating around Brookline native RISHI REDDI reminds us of the hype that surrounded Jhumpa Lahiri back when The Interpreter of Maladies — a collection she began writing at Boston University’s Creative Writing program that went on to win...
by Sharon Steel | Jun 12, 2007 | with no comments

826 to open its doors in Roxbury this summer

826 to open its doors in Roxbury this summer
From the inbox: Dear friends of 826 Boston: First, we apologize for being out of touch. We've been very busy this spring putting together all the nuts and bolts of the organization. We cannot wait to open our doors to the Boston community this summer...
by Sharon Steel | May 17, 2007 | with no comments
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