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New York Book Festival turns page to 2008

By Rachael Maddux at 11:49 AM on January 7, 2008

Book festivals are just like beer festivals, only with less beer and more books. And instead of facilitating high-gravity brewsky-induced stumblings around downtown, some book festivals serve a higher purpose: garnering exposure for unknown authors and other artists with the talents but not the means to make it on their own in the big wide world of publishing. With the announcement of its 2008 dates and application information, The New York Book Festival has once again set its sights on such admirable goals. Set for July 27 and 28 in Manattan’s Central Park, the festival will accept both published and... read more

Tom Hodgkinson

By Phil Kloer at 4:40 PM on December 11, 2007

Self-help guide. Anarchist diatribe. Existential argument for playing the ukulele... read more

Alan Weisman

By April Moore Skelton at 4:34 PM on December 11, 2007

Pursuing a simple question to myriad and meticulously researched answers... read more

Steve Martin

By Ben Greenman at 4:25 PM on December 11, 2007

Before Steve Martin was a movie star, playwright and art collector... read more

Lashonda Katrice Barnett

By Valerie Boyd at 5:43 PM on December 5, 2007

In a country where celebrity obsession seems incapable of bottoming out... read more

Millard Kaufman

By Mary Richardson at 10:23 PM on December 3, 2007

Two items to check off before dying: (a) publish a book, and (b) abandon predictability... read more

Going South

By Joey Rubin at 3:38 PM on December 1, 2007

In 1965, at the age of 15, my father—along with his parents and two brothers—emigrated from a racist South Africa. His relationship with that nation, over the 42 years since, has been a complicated one. For a decade, he traveled with a South African passport and the racist complicity it advertised. Today, in the U.S., his birthplace is only present in the vague British-ness of his accent, and even that has softened over the years. ... read more

Signs of Life 2007: Best Books / Best Games

By Palmer Houchins at 12:01 AM on November 30, 2007

The sun has set on our Top 100 Albums and Top 50 Films of 2007 features. Try not to let your head blow up here, because we now bring to you our final year-end Signs of Life installment: the literary and gaming realms. In our books section, some of today's best authors, like Dave Eggers, Naomi Klein, Charles Frazier and Jack Pendarvis, tell us the best books they read this year. Meanwhile, we're also proud to present the top 10 games of 2007. Finally, tell us what your year-end favorites were in our Readers Signs of Life Poll. Links: Best... read more

Signs of Life 2007 : Best Books

By Paste Staff at 3:25 PM on November 29, 2007

Ever wonder what people who write books are busy reading? Which titles they’ve found most enjoyable or have hit them the hardest lately? For this year-end issue, we asked some of our culture’s best and brightest what they had on the nightstand—or on the back of the loo... read more

Paul Drummond

By Ed Ward at 9:36 PM on November 27, 2007

An incredible tale lurks in the 400+ pages of tiny type here... read more

Diana Secker Tesdell [Ed.]

By Charles McNair at 9:28 PM on November 27, 2007

Think you’ve heard it all? Every tiny reindeer named, every Grinch ungrinched... read more

Antonio Monda

By Charles McNair at 5:17 PM on November 13, 2007

Italian cultural critic Antonio Monda is an unapologetic believer... read more

G. Willow Wilson with art by M.K. Perker

By Montana Wojczuk at 5:10 PM on November 13, 2007

The ﬁrst graphic novel by journalist G. Willow Wilson, Cairo is an irreverent... read more

Ha Jin

By Charles McNair at 5:02 PM on November 13, 2007

Jin Xuefei—Ha Jin to readers of his seven previous works of ﬁction... read more

Author Norman Mailer: 1923-2007

By Jeremy Goldmeier at 10:21 AM on November 12, 2007

Norman Mailer, author, journalist, iconoclast and brawler, died Saturday of renal failure at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He was 84. Following the 1948 publication of his breakthrough World War II novel, The Naked and the Dead, Mailer lived as a literary celebrity - and certainly made the most of it. From stabbing his second of six wives, to butting heads (literally) with fellow novelist Gore Vidal, to a failed run for New York mayor, Mailer never stayed far out of the spotlight. Emulating his idol Earnest Hemingway, Mailer tried to fashion himself as a self-made tough guy... read more