Courtesy of The New Yorker
Posted By Rachel Arons
The New York Post reports that the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen, a friend of Nora Ephron’s since the seventies, when she began dating Carl Bernstein, will write Ephron’s biography.
A judge has approved the final two settlements in the e-book price-fixing case, calling Macmillan and Penguin’s deals “fair, adequate and reasonable.”
Spin reported last week via WENN that the U.S. version of Morrissey’s autobiography significantly downplays the singer’s intimate relationship with another man.
This year’s Nobel Lecture in Literature was replaced by a video interview with the 2013 Laureate, Alice Munro.
Why birds are going to attack Amazon’s delivery drones.
In The New York Review of Books, Joyce Carol Oates reviews Mike Tyson’s new memoir, “Undisputed Truth.”
Bookforum relayed the news that Sheila Heti is seeking submissions for a new project, in which she is asking readers “to open up about the books they live with, and is hoping to discover an unacknowledged canon.” Those interested in participating should e-mail a list of every author on their bookshelves (no e-books) to booksonbookshelves@gmail.com.
Stephen King has joined Twitter, but so far he can’t think of much to say. (I was already on the scene with that!)
(There were links inside these tidbits. But I chose to leave that up to you if you want to find out more, go to The New Yorker, Book News)
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