“Two new novels by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño have reportedly been found in Spain among papers he left behind after his death. The previously unseen manuscripts were entitled Diorama and The Troubles of the Real Police Officer, reported La Vanguardia. “The newspaper said the documents also included what is believed to be a sixth section of [...]
Archive for March 10th, 2009
Mas Bolano: Part VI of “2666″ Discovered in Author’s Papers
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Literature, The Americas, Writers & Writing on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today’s Sign of the Apocalypse: “Cheers” Lays Off Fabled Bartender
Posted in Business, Economy, New England, Popular Culture, Sign of the Apocalypse, Television on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“For nearly 35 years, or almost half of his life, [Eddie] Doyle has been the smiling face behind the bar at Cheers – the Beacon Hill pub that inspired the TV show with the same name in the early 1980s. As one of Boston’s last fabled bartenders, he served drinks and advice for five decades. [...]
Scent of a Woman, or: The Sweet Smell of Old Books
Posted in Books, Brooklyn, Business, New York City, Popular Culture on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Brooklyn, New York perfume merchant CB I Hate Perfume has just introduced “In the Library,” “a perfume inspired by the proprietor Christopher Brosius’s love of books and his inability to pass a secondhand bookshop without stopping in. “According to the shop’s description, the perfume is supposed to evoke a first-edition English novel via ‘Russian and Moroccan leather [...]
The Morning After: Charles Bukowski Remembered
Posted in Poets & Poetry, Popular Culture, Writers & Writing on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Charles Bukowski died 15 years ago yesterday. During the early 1970s, I lived briefly in Denver, Colorado, where I imagined myself part of a “next wave” of beat writers working their way west from New York, via Denver, to Venice Beach in California. I panhandled on Colfax Avenue; I shoplifted groceries; I drank too much; [...]
All the News (Cartoons) “Not-Fit-to-Print”: Editorial Cartoons Suppressed by the New York Times
Posted in Art & Artists, Book Reviews, Books, Magazines & Newspapers, Media & Advertising, Politics, Popular Culture on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Kissinger image [left] (by David Levine) is one of 320 illustrations – by 142 of the world’s most acclaimed contemporary artists – that The New York Times itself originally commissioned for its Op-Ed Pages, but then got cold feet about running, and eventually paid more than $1 million in ‘kill fees’ to hide from public view [...]
