Poet Elizabeth Alexander to read at inauguration
Elizabeth Alexander has been named Obama’s inaugural poet. Read her fine poem “Blues” & listen to a recent podcast. (Via.)
Elizabeth Alexander has been named Obama’s inaugural poet. Read her fine poem “Blues” & listen to a recent podcast. (Via.)
Robert Scheer’s Truthdig is raising funds to pay its writers by selling autographed books from Gore Vidal’s private library.
James Frey gives self over fully to Messiah Complex, prepares to write final Testament of the Bible. (See also.)
Lynne Cheney plans a bio of Madison, a pol she calls a steady, behind-the-scenes guy. Like her husband! And Lord Vader.
“The jobbing writer and the artist in him were sometimes at war“: Dwight Garner on Graham Greene: A Life in Letters.