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On Burroughs, 'The Adding Machine,' & Blurbophobia Whether closely reasoned or wildly imagined, the essays in the spanking new 'Adding Machine' from Grove are always wonderfully entertaining....
Paris Bookfair Focuses on New Practices in Art New Book Nude Book No Book I Book Eye Book Bye Book Riot Book Right Book Write Book Left Book...
Offprint Paris At Beaux-arts de Paris, 14 Rue Bonaparte (Nov. 14-17). The bookfair is open to the general public, and it's free....
Over the weekend with Duke The latest reviews of and interviews about "Duke."...
I went that-a-way I'll be talking about "Duke" at the Texas Book Festival in Austin on Sunday....
The review of my dreams Kirkus Reviews calls "Duke" "an instant classic."...
Lookback From 2009, the enduring thrill of holding the first finished copy of a printed book....
But wait, there's more! Maria Popova of "Brain Pickings" calls Duke "a masterwork of dimensional insight...an enthralling read from cover to cover."...
Up to the minute with Duke The latest reviews of "Duke" in the Dallas News, Parade, and USA Today, plus other news....
See me, hear me (cont'd) If you live in or near Manhattan, come see me talk about "Duke" on Monday night....
At last "Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington" was officially published today....
Just because Today's video: Donald Westlake talks about his "double life" as Richard Stark....
Ballet Bug What counts as faithfulness in theatrical adaptations of literary works? On the occasion of Arthur Pita's adaptation of Kafka's "Metamorphosis,"...
Over there My Duke Ellington biography now has a British publisher....
Duke rising My Duke Ellington biography just went into its second printing--and it's not even out yet....
Artless Why do the National Book Awards pay so little attention to books about the arts?...
Excuse me for being staggered I'll be damned! "Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington" made the National Book Awards longlist for nonfiction....
Just because Today's video: a 1974 TV interview with Alfred Knopf....
Unveiling I just received the first finished copy of "Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington."...
Must you? You must! "Duke" made the Daily Beast's list of twenty-one "must-read" fall books....
The line forms on the right, babe Whose biography should I write next? Your suggestions--and my thoughts....
Just because Today's video: a 1995 interview with Patrick O'Brian....
Back-to-Back WRITINGS FROM UNDERGROUND Dos-Ã -Dos More detailed observations about a 'mammoth achievement.'...