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The Booky Man: John Gardner's Grendel

By Charles McNair at 3:18 PM on July 15, 2011

This week marks the birthday of the late writer, John Gardner. The Booky Man takes a look back at Gardner’s best-known work of fiction.... read more

Found in: Books, Columns

The Booky Man: Two for the Books

By Charles McNair at 10:15 AM on September 8, 2010

The hysterical sturm und drang regarding the possible end of publishing prompts this week’s column. The Booky Man is happy to report that we are still blessed with giants in the earth when it comes to champions for books and writers.... read more

Found in: Books, Columns

The Booky Man: Hunting William Faulkner's Great Bear

By Charles McNair at 3:34 PM on August 5, 2010

I carry in my pocket a bit of magic. I’m a writer, so it’s writer’s magic, of course.... read more

Found in: Books, Columns

The Booky Man: The Book of Africa

By Charles McNair at 10:00 AM on July 22, 2010

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, now in 50 languages and 8-plus million copies worldwide, is arguably the best-known written work by any African writer … not counting Moses, the famous Egyptian, and his five notable books of the Old Testament.... read more

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The Booky Man: Revisiting 'To Kill A Mockingbird' on Its 50th Anniversary

By Charles McNair at 1:56 PM on July 15, 2010

Editor’s Note: This column originally ran in November 2009. With this week’s 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill A Mockingbird, Paste offers the view of our Books Editor, Charles McNair, aka The Booky Man, on this widely read classic.... read more

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The Booky Man: Of Mice and Locusts, Nathanael West

By Charles McNair at 8:00 AM on July 9, 2010

Indulge yourself. Savor for one short moment one of the great opening scenes in literature.... read more

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The Booky Man: How I didn’t meet Eudora Welty

By Charles McNair at 10:57 AM on July 6, 2010

I once nearly met Eudora Welty, the greatest writer ever to win a Pulitzer Prize and be a member of The Junior League of Jackson, Mississippi.... read more

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The Booky Man: A Love Story Endures

By Charles McNair at 9:00 AM on June 24, 2010

Where do I begin? First with a confession. I fall in love. Often. Often badly. I admit it. Do we all? I fall for a pair of eyes in a passing car. A pretty girl walking her ugly pug. A five-story-high set of lips and lashes on a silver screen.... read more

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The Booky Man: Next stop, Babylon?

By Charles McNair at 2:02 PM on June 17, 2010

It’s a tempting notion, to travel through time. Maybe if you’re a guy, you’d like to go back to the past and ask that little high-school wallflower named Norma Jean Baker for a date.... read more

Found in: Books, Columns