March 20, 2013
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WHAAM! — Comics historian Paul Gravett on Roy Lichtenstein’s appropriation from comics: Lichtenstein’s… success, his getting away with turning supposedly anonymous ‘found’ comic art into high-priced paintings, continues to directly encourage others to do the same. But there is a … Continue reading
January 25, 2013
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The Many Lives of Donald Westlake – Michael Weinrab on the work of Donald Westlake, for Grantland: The Outfit is 213 pages, which is actually somewhat long by the standards of the early Parker novels. There are 24 Parker titles in all, … Continue reading
January 18, 2013
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Author and former literary agent John Hodgman (That Is All) gives disarmingly sincere tips on how to make it as a writer:
August 9, 2012
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Financial Times reporter Barney Jopson recently talked to Leonard Lopate about Amazon, and how the company has evolved from a retailer to “an infrastructure services company”, on WNYC: WNYC LEONARD LOPATE: Understanding Amazon mp3 Jopson, who has written a series of … Continue reading
April 27, 2012
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Sturm und Drang – Author Nick Harkaway (Angelmaker and the forthcoming The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World) on Amazon and the publishing industry for The Guardian: The most thunderous argument in Amazon’s favour is that the market has spoken, and demands cheaper … Continue reading