Category: words

George Will called it “dishonorable.” Peggy Noonan decried it as a “waste.” Nonetheless, Edmund Morris’ Reagan bio has hit the Best-seller charts (and it’s No.1 inside the Beltway) – Philadelphia Inquirer

Americans have bought the idea of the world-wide economy, their tastes becoming more international, except -publishers say – when it comes to fiction. – Christian Science Monitor

– how many true lovers of literature there are in the day of movies and high technology. – New York Times

In the week since he won the Nobel Prize for literature, Critics have been reassessing the writings of Gunter Grass. – Slate

– that The Atlantic magazine won’t change much under his charge. A few changes might be welcome, writes one critic. – Feed

Sales for the four largest bookstore chains are up 10 percent in the first half of the year. Superstores up 13 percent.  – Publisher’s Weekly

A tough year for fiction in Canada. Finalists for Canada’s top literary award, the Giller Prize, are announced. It’s a difficult choice, says a judge – “In Canada, I would say it’s almost enough to read just one good novel a year.” – National Post
     ALSO: “A predictable exercise” – CBC 10/5/99

A big wave of reviews about Edmund Morris’ controversial new Reagan biography hits shore this morning. A sampling: New York Times, Morris defends himself in the Boston Globe, Imagining Reagan in the San Francisco Chronicle. A dud in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Early reviews of Edmund Morris’ Reagan book have been devastating. With so much buzz it’ll either be a mega-hit or on the remainder tables by Christmas. – Washington Post

A blue-ribbon panel debates the future of writing. – Philadelphia Inquirer