The Call of the Wild Things
Maurice Sendak’s 1963 children’s classic Where the Wild Things Are first struck critics and teachers as too dark for little darlings... read more
Jim Carroll and the Punk Pulitzer
The celebrated author of The Basketball Diaries passed away on Friday... read more
Race Heats Up for Booker Prize as J.M. Coetzee Vies for Third Award
The shortlist for the prestigious Man Booker literary prize is now down to six authors. And several of them are Booker Prize royalty, including J.M. Coetzee, who has won the award twice before and A.S. Byatt who has won once.... read more
Led Zeppelin and Coffee Table Picture Book: A Match Made in Valhalla
They say that writing about music is a lot like dancing about architecture. They also say a picture is worth a thousand words. Harnessing the almighty power of those little gems, Jerry Prochnicky and Ralph Hulett will release Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times, A Visual Biography of the Ultimate Band.... read more
Kevin Smith Pens Second Book, Shootin' The Sh*t: The Best Of Smodcast
As far as titles goes, it looks like Kevin Smith has already upped the ante of vulgarity for his second book, Shootin' The Sh*t: The Best Of Smodcast. Whether or not he returns with the same lewd hilarity ablaze is yet to be seen, but you can get a pretty good idea by judging this upcoming book by its cover. Go ahead. It's safe:... read more
KRS-One Writes 600-Page Gospel of Hip-Hop
The Old Testament has been kicking around in various incarnations for something like four millennia now. And even the so-called New Testament is almost 2000 years old. The Qur'an is getting a little long in the tooth too: almost 1400 years long, to be precise. Yes, eschatological obsessives and spiritualists of all stripes can agree: We're overdue for another revelation. And hip-hop legend and activist KRS-One is stepping into the fray to offer up his own collection of received wisdom: The Gospel of Hip-Hop: The First Instrument.... read more
Rainn Wilson Signs Soul Pancake Book Deal
Although 1990s America had the Chicken Soup for the Soul series as solace, the 2000s have lacked such literary consumable comforts. Until now. We may soon have one Pancake serving as comfort food.... read more
Author Jon Bream Talks Neil Diamond is Forever
The man had stood before Jon Bream dozens of times over the course of four decades, as an interview subject and as a performer. But Bream's perception of Neil Diamond has remained the same throughout, even as other critics changed their minds, because after every conversation the two ever had, Diamond would tell Bream, "Stop by the show and say hi."... read more
Juan Gabriel Vásquez: The Informers (Translated by Anne McLean)
Has Gabriel García Márquez really given up writing fiction? read more
Best of What's Next 2009: Peter Murphy [Author]
Hometown: Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland. Book: John the RevelatorFor Fans Of: Flannery O’Connor, Davis Grubb, Ray Bradbury... read more
Best of What's Next 2009: Lydia Peelle [Author]
Hometown: NashvilleBook: Reasons for and Advantages of BreathingFor Fans Of: Jane Smiley, Tony Earley, Emile Zola... read more
Best of What's Next 2009: Joshua Ferris [Author]
Hometown: Hudson, N.Y.Book: The Unnamed (January 2010)For Fans Of: Ethan Canin, Nicholson Baker, The Office... read more
Vibe Magazine to be Reborn Online First, Then Print
Reports of Vibe Magazine's death have been (somewhat) exaggerated. The mag folded in late June, with news of a massive drop in ad revenue and sagging subscription rates. But as we've just learned, Vibe architects Robert Miller and Len Burnett have brokered a deal with InterMedia Partners and Blackrock Digital to relaunch the magazine, first digitally, and then in print.... read more
Juan Filloy: Op Oloop (Translated by Lisa Dillman)
A prolific polymath, Argentinean writer Juan Filloy mastered... read more
Anton Corbijn Book of Tom Waits Portraits Coming in October
Dutch photographer/director Anton Corbijn is responsible for some of the most iconic portraits, album covers and music videos of the last 20 years. From The Joshua Tree cover to the "Heart-Shaped Box" video, Corbijn has more than left his mark on pop culture.... read more
Paste Radio Show Launches in Atlanta at 4pm Today
We're proud to announce Signs of Life with Paste Magazine, a new radio show on Atlanta station WMLB 1690 AM, "The Voice of the Arts." Hosted by Paste's trio of co-founders—publisher Nick Purdy, president Tim Regan-Porter and editor-in-chief Josh Jackson—the show features discussion of new music, film and culture every Friday at 4pm EST. The show will stream live at WMLB1690.com and via archive soon thereafter.... read more
Music Critic Chuck Eddy Preps Anthology
For 10 years, Chuck Eddy was the music editor at The Village Voice, commenting on everything from hip-hop to country. Although he's no longer on the editorial staff at the Voice, he is still writing, sometimes for his former publication, but also for Spin, Rhapsody and Billboard. Most notably, the critic, 48, is preparing an anthology of some of the best of his work.... read more
Aravind Adiga: Reading Between the Streets
Aravind Adiga had just returned to India after years in Anglophone countries when he changed his mind about what to write... read more
Chuck Klosterman to Release Eating the Dinosaur in Oct.
Chuck Klosterman, the pop-culture-expert-slash-critic-slash-KISS-fanboy who brought us the likes of Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, is at it again. The author plans to release his sixth book, Eating the Dinosaur, on Oct. 20.... read more
Film Version of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Confirmed
Before Al Gore told us An Inconvenient Truth, Dr. Seuss taught us an important lesson in environmentalism with The Lorax. Thanks to Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, a 3D/CGI adaptation of the children's book is scheduled to hit the big screen on March 2, 2012, the birthday of Dr. Seuss, who died in 1991.... read more
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