BookExpo Another (Good) Excuse to Cry, ‘The Sky Is Falling!’
The once-joyous red-letter events of the cultural calendar reduced to doom-y article ledes.
Steven Tyler ‘Rocks’ BookExpo Keynote, Confuses Chuck Klosterman
Topics included raccoon hunting, African cranes, harmonic fifths, and growing up in the Bronx with big lips.
Politics at BEA: Buckley Bombs, Hodgman Kills, Markos Rips Thomas Friedman
The scene at Book Expo's politically themed author luncheon was surprisingly tense.
BEA Dispatch: Art Spiegelman Calls Out Contemporary Comics
At Book Expo in L.A., Spiegelman disses FSG's graphic-novel histories and talks up 'manga.'
Dispatch From BEA: Ron Jeremy, Best-selling Author
"'He was this, this, this, this, a lot of dick jokes, now he's really stiff, and best-selling author.'"
Dispatch From BEA: Doom-Sayers, Agents, and Jackie Collins
Walking the floor at the country's biggest book convention.
Dispatch From BEA: Witches, Barnacle Penises Highlight the Year's Buzz Books
"Are there pictures?" "Yes, which is important to me, because I don't like to read."
Posted 06/05/07 in Vulture
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