Happy Birthday, Maurice Sendak!
Maurice Sendak, author of dearly loved children’s books like Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen, would have turned 85 today.Celebrate his unrestrained imagination and (sometimes...
View ArticleNot the End of Philip Roth
Philip Roth has retired! Well, not quite. Catch him on an upcoming episode of Stephen Colbert’s show for a special segment of Colbert’s book club. Read all the details on AP.Related Posts:The Rumpus...
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The Rumpus Interview with Edan Lepucki
Edan Lepucki’s debut novel California disturbed the hell out of me, but it also wrecked many of my assumptions about humanity, apocalypse novels, and how to think about fear. California is a novel...
View ArticleThe Era of Celebrity Bookselling
The Colbert Bump helped propel Edan Lepucki‘s California to the third spot on the New York Times bestseller list. Lena Dunham’s endorsement helped sell Adelle Waldman‘s The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P....
View ArticleOn Getting Bumped
Edan Lepucki and Stephan Eirik Clark talk to BuzzFeed Books about how their successes have been affected by the “Colbert Bump.”Related Posts:The Era of Celebrity BooksellingThis Week in Short...
View ArticleTip of the Hat to Colbert
Among the many tributes to the nine-year run of The Colbert Report, which aired its final episode last week, comes Vulture’s tip of the hat on behalf of “book nerds.” The Colbert Report interviewed two...
View ArticleBooks on Television
Television is a great way to sell books. Oprah’s Book Club is the best known example, but Edan Lepucki‘s bestselling debut California certainly owed some of its success to the Colbert Bump. But The...
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Thorpe Moeckel
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Thorpe Moeckel about his new book Arcadia Road, the challenge of writing long poems, raising twins and camo thongs.This is an edited transcript of the book club...
View ArticleThis Week in Indie Bookstores
With limited local library service, Spokane-area bookstores see an increase in sales. In New Zealand, this bookstore comes to you by van. Celebrate the legacy of bookseller Peter Dorey, who opened the...
View ArticleThis Week In Indie Bookstores
Bookstores in the Latin Quarter of Paris are being priced out. Check out this bookstore, founded in 1979, that’s had nine locations in its lifetime. Workers of The Strand bookstore rallied in protest...
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