Lethem Chooses Filmmaker for You Don't Love Me Yet
Jonathan Lethem, author of the recently published novel You Don't Love Me Yet (Doubleday), yesterday chose to give away the novel's film adaptation rights to Greg Marcks.
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Soft Skull Joins Counterpoint in Latest Round of Acquisitions
Richard Nash announced yesterday that Soft Skull Press, the independent publisher based in Brooklyn, plans to be aquired by Winton, Shoemaker & Co, the same company that last week acquired Counterpoint Press from Perseus Book Group. Nash, the publisher of Soft Skull, will become editorial director of Perseus's new Soft Skull imprint as well as executive editor of the Counterpoint imprint.
Buzzell's Iraq Memoir Wins $10,000 Lulu Blooker Prize
The digital print-on-demand service Lulu.com announced yesterday that Colby Buzzell, a former U.S. machine-gunner in post-invasion Iraq, has won the Lulu Blooker Prize for his memoir My War: Killing Time in Iraq (Putnam, 2005).
Perseus Phases Out Two Imprints, Lays Off 24, Sells Counterpoint
As part of Perseus Books Group's integration of Avalon—a merger that was announced earlier this year—Perseus has formed six publishing divisions and in the process eliminated at least twenty-four positions.
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Lucille Clifton Wins $100,000 Ruth Lilly Prize
The Poetry Foundation recently announced that Lucille Clifton will receive this year's Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. The annual award honors a U.S. poet "whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition."
Indie Record Label Set To Release A Musical Tribute To Larry Brown
On May 22, Bloodshot Records, an independent record label in Chicago, will release a tribute CD in honor of late author Larry Brown, whose last, unfinished novel, A Miracle of Fish, was recently published by Algonquin Books.
Some Changes in Store for Third Annual Quill Awards
Heading into its third year of pomp and literary circumstance, the
Quills Book Awards program is getting an overhaul by its organizers,
NBC Universal and Reed Business Information. The awards program will
still feature five finalists in nineteen categories—everything from
poetry and fiction to biography/memoir and best debut author—but
instead of the public voting for each winner, booksellers and
librarians will decide who takes home a Quill.
Three Literary Journals Take Home Coveted National Magazine Awards
McSweeney's, the Georgia Review, and the Paris Review won National Magazine Awards on Tuesday night.
The Written Image: Bookworm
Sample art from Bookworm, a collection of photos and collages of books destroyed by nature.
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Writer as Parent: No More Aching to Be an Artist
Balancing parenting with a career is a challenge for any professional, but for writers, it can require a fresh outlook on life.
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