Why? Well, the previous owners sold the building to a development corporation – which asked for a $1 million per month increase in rent after the lease expires June 30. So, according to new owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, “the Los Angeles Times this summer will move from its historic Art Deco headquarters in downtown Los Angeles to a campus currently under construction in El Segundo.”
Category: words
As Britain Freaks Out About Invading Americanisms, Some U.S. Hipsters Are Importing Britishisms
Yes, there’s even a name for this phenomenon. “In recent years, so-called Anglocreep, the subtle adoption of British phrases into everyday American speech, has become a tic (or some might say an annoyance) among star-spangled strivers, particularly coastal creative types — otherwise known as the ‘chattering class,’ to invoke another Britishism.”
Andrew Sean Greer’s ‘Less’ Wins Pulitzer Prize For Fiction
“The novel centers on a struggling San Francisco author – Arthur Less – who, nearing age 50, decides to tour the world to escape himself. ‘The tragicomic business of being alive,’ he says, ‘is getting to him.’ … Greer is the author of five other books of fiction, including The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, The Story of a Marriage and The Confessions of Max Tivoli.”
What In The World Is Happening Behind The Scenes Of The Nobel Prize For Literature?
A summary would include several committee resignations after a failed vote to exclude a poet whose husband – not who, herself – has been accused of rape and sexual harassment. But wait: “It turns out that you cannot resign from the Academy itself. The statutes, laid down in 1786, make no provision for it. Members are elected until death. All disaffected members can do is to withdraw from the Academy’s workings. After this week’s withdrawals there is no longer a quorum needed to elect any new members. King Carl Gustav XVI, the hereditary patron of the Academy, is reported to be preparing a change of the statutes to break the deadlock.”
In Praise Of Quiet Books
Not every book needs to be splashy. Author Silas House: “To me, good literature examines the way the biggest moments of life happens in the quiet moments. I think the characters I create tend to be quiet observers, people who might lead quiet lives but are very sensory. I love the idea of examining what some might think of as ‘small, quiet lives.'”
Sales Of Thrillers Have Overtaken Everything Else In Britain, But Why?
There’s an old bromide that people want certainty in uncertain times – and crime fiction usually ends with a very certain solution, that of the main mystery. In addition, “while the essence of writing crime fiction might come down to speed and fluency, crafting and control are vital. It’s not easy and few do it really well. A crime novel that works is as taut as a drum. Plus, readers can quickly sniff out a fraud – someone writing up or down, or for the money, and it’s now a very competitive market.”
Edward Gorey Spent Years Doing Covers And Illustrations For Paperbacks
Of course, he also drew his own covers and illustrated his own books, but he had a longtime gig with Doubleday Archer, illustrating “serious” paperbacks, for a while. “As collector Lance Casebeer wrote, ‘there is a haunting thematic consistency about the Gorey-drawn covers.'”
Audiobook Sales Are Up So Much That Some Authors Are Writing Audio-Only Pieces
Authors who are taking part in Audible’s scheme in Britain (it’s already happened in the U.S.) need to think differently. One said, “It was presented to me specifically as an audio project, and I’ve never done anything like that before, so creatively that was really exciting,”
Should Publishing Move Out Of London? This Group Says That’s Obvious
Why should the huge southern city of London have all of the power? It’s a problem “Power is concentrated in London and the South East, and publishing is dominated by a handful of large corporations, but there is more creativity than they can cope with.”
Six Finalists For This Year’s Man Booker Prize
Two past winners were among the six authors whose books were placed on the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize on Thursday.