January 3
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Genre: Fiction
Haiti Noir, Haiti Light
Haiti Noir, a collection of stories edited by Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat, is one of the latest in Akashic Books’ series of noir fiction anthologies from around the world.
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Small Press Points
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features Solid Objects, the New York City–based independent press that publishes "short, self-contained works that might not otherwise find their way into book form because of their length."
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A Musing Trailer
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This short film, written and directed by David Spies and produced by Phil Seneker, is about a writer who is pressured by his literary agent to find his muse.
Bad Writing
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This documentary about a wannabe poet who sets off on a quest for answers about writing, featuring interviews with literary figures such as Nick Flynn, D.A. Powell, George Saunders, and David Sedaris, opened in select cities on Friday.
Google eBooks Explained
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After years of planning, Google eBooks, the e-bookstore that's been described as an "open ecosystem" that will eventually offer more than three million books, is finally here. See for yourself in this promotional video.
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Photographing Ernest Hemingway
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In this clip from the 2003 documentary Alfred Eisenstaedt: Photographer, the award-winning photographer describes his experience shooting Ernest Hemingway for Life magazine in 1952. One of Eisenstaedt's photos appeared on the cover; inside was Hemingway's new story, "The Old Man and the Sea."
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Ann Beattie on Her Best Book of the Year
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The New York Times Book Review published online yesterday its 10 Best Books of 2010. In this video, fiction writer Ann Beattie, whose collection The New Yorker Stories was included on that list, discusses the early days of her career and the creative process of writing short stories.
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Checked Your Amazon Sales Ranking Lately?
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Married authors John Yunker and Midge Raymond present a cautionary tale titled "Love in the Time of Amazon.com."
Paul Auster's New Novel
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Paul Auster reads from his sixteenth novel, Sunset Park, published earlier this month by Henry Holt.
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