Lost is back which is book related because of the writer’s affinity for putting classic books and writers or thinkers front and center. Right from the start in Season 6 you have Desmond reading Rushdie’s Haroun and The Sea of Stories. Pop culture is safe to consume? Yes!
Well, looks like the iPad is not going to be the savior some (me included) thought it might be. I guess now we’ll wait and see if the latter iteration is what gets things moving as is often the case with Apple products…
Salinger elegy abounds, I’ll do ours in relaying that my literary education felt stagnated until Franny & Zooey came along and I, pardon the phrase, saw the light. Hopefully the rush to capitalize on his passing will not prove egregious and that any heretofore unpublished work will warrant publication, or, be presented tastefully.
Point Omega is out now. Has anyone picked this up? Here is a piece about DeLillo at The New York Times. Also in publication news: McSweeney’s has Millard Kaufman’s Misadventure on the way in March. His first novel, Bowl of Cherries, published when he was 90, is great fun. Kaufman’s life story is something as well. Here’s an interview with Kaufman.
Aidan Higgins’ Balcony of Europe (review forthcoming) arrived yesterday and fifty pages in I’m hooked–the hype is justisfied so far. A conversation between two characters plausibly progresses from vacation literature to Mid-Century apocalypse fears and from there the historical plight of the Jewish people and the rationale behind the Third Reich. There’s so much more to speak on…To Be Continued.
A Lady Gaga bio is on the way, gag.
February edition of Hobart is up, featuring work from Rob Carney, Brandi Wells, David William Hill, Lydia Ship, and Jan LaPerle.
