Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The Pixies are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their Doolittle album by giving away a free live EP. NPR reviews (and excerpts from) Paul Auster's latest novel, Invisible. The Telegraph also reviews the book. The Times Picayune visits New Orleans'...
gaskella (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thank you to everyone who entered my Paul Auster giveaway. I will be searching out everyone's nominations for their literary heroes - there were several names I don't know at all - and if they're good enough to be someone's hero, they deserve to be investigated - Thank you. My daughter has just picked a name from the hat for me, and the winner is: ANNA. If you could email me with your address I'll...
92Y Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
View Places of Interest Around 92Y in a larger map Above you can see a Google map we are working on that highlights restaurants, coffee shops, validated parking, and other places of interest in the area when you visit 92Y. Whether you’ve come to see a concert , lecture , dance , or more , we would like to make it easy for you to park, and enjoy a dinner or coffee, before or after your event....
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I'm on sabbatical. Here's an exclusive interview with Paul Auster by guest contributor Nick Obourn. Paul Auster has been called "one of America's greatest living...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The New York novelist Paul Auster has declared "civil war" amid the Obama-bashing currently taking place in Middle America. "I really thought when Obama was elected, the civil war would be over. We are not fighting with bullets but this country is deeply divided. I thought his election proved that forces of progress had won but it seems that it has only made divisions more rancorous."...
Bigthink - Site Features Feed (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
What is the most personal work you've ever created? That was among the many questions novelist Paul Auster, known for exploring the paradoxes of identity in the "City of Glass" trilogy, "Moon Palace," and his new " Invisible ," answered for Big Think this week. An author closely associated with Brooklyn, Auster traced the arc of his career and the city itself over the...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Let's begin today's newsround by taking a look at writers and the Brontës. A few days ago we recalled Paul Auster's admiration for Emily Brontë, and today his own writing is differentiated from Wuthering Heights in the New Statesman . What distinguishes Auster's execution from that of Coleridge in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" or Emily Brontë in Wuthering Heights or Nathaniel...
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
In anticipation of the holidays, big time book readings are starting to slow down a little at our local area chains, but there are still a few good things this month. Here’s a list of November B&N and Borders events that I thought were interesting for one reason or another: November 2009 Barnes & Noble (NYC) 11/05/09 [...]
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The existential thrillers of Paul Auster remain seductive, but his is a “voodoo enterprise”: a fiction of tricks yet little emotional depth.
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Books: Paul Auster's new book is a psychological thriller that doubles as a signature Auster literary hologram, changing shape depending on which angle you look at it.
The Plashing Vole (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Actually, thanks, Mr Postman. Today I received an advance proof copy of Paul Auster's latest, Invisible thanks to Librarything's Early Reviewer's group, The Coming Insurrection (download it free in English or French through that link) by The Invisible Committee (the manifesto of the Tarnac 9 group of French communists) and Kats Karavan , a 4 CD compilation of Peel favourites. Yummy. Though I'm surprised...
Hei Astrid (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
I turned 30 one week ago, and it's time for an official report on my 29 things to do before I turn 30 list. 1 explore the many cook books in my shelves and actually try recipes from them Hmmm, can't really say I have done this... Right now I don't remember anything that I made from my cookbooks the last 8 months. Don't worry; I have eaten lots of yummy food though! 2 start swimming again Yes! Two times...
Fictionaut Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Who says the editing life isn't dramatic? (Maybe no one ever said it.) Two novels out this year with protagonist lit mag editors: Sam Savage's The Cry of the Sloth and Paul Auster's Invisible . Keep reading this week's Luna Digest . Also on the blog: Checking in with Electric Literature Jürgen Chats with Galleycat Fictionaut Five with Barb Johnson
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
As another Monday winds down, here are some odds and ends from the day's publishing news... Next week, Mary Gaitskill , Eric Bogosian , John Turturro , and others will read from stories written by inmates for PEN's Prison Writing Program . Author Stephen Fry defended Twitter and the Internets in a video interview about a generation of kids growing up online. In a True Slant interview about "...
The Truth About Lies (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I have spent my life in conversations with people I have never seen, with people I will never know and I hope to continue until the day I stop breathing. - from Paul Auster's acceptance speech for the Prince of Asturias Prize for Letters If you have not read Part I then here is a link . You may not want to read this at all afterwards. Paul Auster is an American writer, based in Brooklyn, New York....
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