Not Fade Away
“He stops in the middle and just strums the rhythm…” Daniel Arizona remembers Buddy Holly.
Christopher Guerin lists 46 authors who can be relied upon to produce a novel regularly every couple of years. There’s only one problem: “the list is pretty much the same as it was ten years ago.” And they’re all getting old …
Sexing up the Major? Literary scholars and other friends, Kathleen Fitzpatrick has an idea for you.
“Publishers love an anniversary:” Clive Cookson has read seven of the many recent books on Darwin.
Ever realize that you’ve been misusing a word for years, or even decades? You’re not alone (neither am I).
“You don’t have to be Jean Baudrillard to detect in all this another coup by the forces of unreality:” James Parker on Guitar Hero and the future of rock and roll.
“All that really matters is: I’m A Great Writer and Don’t Mess With My Copy!” In our age of no money, David Sullivan valiantly takes on fire-breathing writers.
