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We're big Shel Silverstein fans around here, so we're really looking forward to Everything On It, the brand new collection of never-before-published Silverstein poems and illustrations that goes on sale next month (September 20th - such a long wait!) Indeed, we are impatient to read this book, so impatient that we've been digging back through … Continue reading BookPeople Reads Shel Silverstein
Our friends over at the O'Henry Museum are offering are pretty cool workshop this fall called the Short Story Master Class. Check out the blurb: "The Short Story Master Class, hosted by the O. Henry Museum, invites you to workshop an idea into a fully realized story under the tutelage of S. Kirk Walsh during … Continue reading Hey, Writers!
Our event with Decemberists' frontman Colin Meloy and illustrator Carson Ellis just got better - we're raffling off a signed broadside of one of the illustrations of the book (signed by Colin and Carson, of course) AND first spot in the signing line at their event here Wednesday, September 21, 7p. To be entered in … Continue reading Wildwood Raffle!
Ansley Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Fight Over Taxing Inherited Wealth by Michael J. Graetz "I have to read this for school. It's about the estate tax. It's not as boring as it sounds, even though it's about taxes. I find it fascinating." For further reading, see: The Pale King by DFW. ____________________________ … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
~Post by MysteryPeople Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott M. GEORGE PELECANOS is one of those crime fiction writers other writers love to read. His sharp dialogue, rich characterization, and social awareness put the full potential of the genre on display. He's used his hometown of Washington DC to look at the working class and their struggles. … Continue reading MysteryPeople Q&A with George Pelecanos
The C.I.A. is demanding cuts in the memoir of a former FBI agent who wrote about the September 11 attacks. The Decemberists released their new video which recreates the famous Eschaton scene from DFW's Infinite Jest. So now we know what to ask lead singer Colin Meloy when here's here on 9/21 - do you … Continue reading As the Book World Turns….
~Post by Jenn S. This is the latest in a series of reviews of experimental fiction written by BookPeople Brian C. and Jenn S. Brian and Jenn have made it their mission this summer to open up their reading lives to the weird, the odd, the curious, the avant garde, and the totally out-there in … Continue reading The Complexity of ‘The Cows’ (our experimental summer continues)
George Pelecanos is one of the most exciting writers out there. He has a feel for his DC city and the working class and criminals who live there. You don't doubt his authenticity. As his fellow novelist Scott Philips once said, "If I was gong to commit a crime, I'd talk to George first." The … Continue reading Sneak Peek at Scott’s MysteryPeople Pick for September: ‘The Cut’ by George Pelecanos
Flippo Rat Girl by Kristen Hersh "Culled and rewritten from Kristen's (of Throwing Muses fame) diary entries of her 18th year, the year her band was signed, she was diagnosed as bipolar, and found out that she was pregnant. I love this book for its intimate and very real accounts of somebody else's psychoses. And … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
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