Goldberg on Nextbook
Nextbook has a podcast interview with Myla Goldberg about Bee Season and Wickett’s Remedy. There’s also an essay about the film adaptation of Bee Season.
Nextbook has a podcast interview with Myla Goldberg about Bee Season and Wickett’s Remedy. There’s also an essay about the film adaptation of Bee Season.
Over at Bookslut, Michael Schaub is running a contest to see who can come up with the best send-up of Dean Koontz’s anti-Japanese remarks. In Mike’s words:
At any rate, I’m happy to announce Bookslut’s First Annual Man, Is That Dean Koontz a Prick or What? Contest. In 250 words or less, write an erotic, tender-yet-sexy story about Dean Koontz having some sort of hot, life-changing physical encounter with a Japanese guy. Send your stories as plain text in an email to mschaub at bookslut dot com, with “Man, Is That Dean Koontz a Prick or What?” in the subject line. All entries should be submitted on or before Friday, November 18.
Whoever writes the best/hottest/funniest story will receive a copy of Tod Goldberg’s Simplify (read Bookslut’s review here) and a copy of Lee Goldberg’s Unsold TV Pilots: The Greatest Shows You Never Saw, as well as whatever Dean Koontz book is cheapest at the used bookstore. Also, I will sign the Koontz book, possibly as “Mr. Teriyaki.”
Enter now! It’s erotica with a cause. (The cause: my own personal amusement.)
Priceless.
The latest installment of the Bat Segundo Lit Podcast features poet Lizzie Skurnick (a.k.a. the Old Hag) and novelist and editor Wendy Lesser.
Small press Akashic Books is reissuing Ron Kovic’s classic memoir, Born on the Fourth of July.
Uknaija has put together a list of contemporary Nigerian writers that’s worth a look. A number of the usual suspects (Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie, Chris Abani, Sefi Atta) make the cut, but there are quite a few others whom I’ve never read and look forward to checking out.
Powell’s Bookstore has joined the lit blogosphere.