On Coetzee’s Diary of a Bad Year
Siddhartha Deb says Coetzee’s latest novel performs the kind of work intellectual disciplines like philosophy once did.
Siddhartha Deb says Coetzee’s latest novel performs the kind of work intellectual disciplines like philosophy once did.
While searching for something on YouTube last night, I discovered that Google invites authors to read and discuss their work — and then posts video of the events online. Does everyone else already know this? Above is the clip of Junot Díaz’s appearance, but you can also see Aimee Bender, Tom Bissell, Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Lethem, Kelly Link & Karen . . .
Never mind the state of emergency, a writer in Pakistan was delighted to see Paris Hilton’s intervention on behalf of drunken Indian elephants.
Due to the aforementioned feral phase, I didn’t make it to the National Book Awards ceremony last night.
Although some indie bookstores applauded NY’s sales tax policy shift, Spitzer now reportedly says the state won’t go after web-based retailers.