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The gracious Leonard Lopate of WNYC Radio moderated a meeting of literary luminaries Martin Amis and Olga Slanikova in an entertaining event at The New York Public Library On Saturday June 2, 2012 as part of The Festival of Russian Arts, a celebration of literature,...
With author Jay McInerney (Bright Lights Big City)
At a wine tasting/book signing for his latest release, The Juice: Vinous Veritas...
With photographer/author Mick Rock at his opening at CATM Chelsea
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Celebration of the Stories of John Cheever
The Center For Fiction hosted a stimulating Celebration of the Stories of John Cheever on the evening of May 31, 2012. Writers Susan Minot, Rick Moody, and Elizabeth Strout each read a Cheever short story special to them, followed by a few...
The Gormenghast Trilogy
If one were to compare writer/artist Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast Trilogy to an actual painting, one might choose the Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch for its painstaking detail and mesmerizing story. The Gormenghast Trilogy, consisting of Titus Groan,...
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Cyberpunk in Berlin and Los Angeles: A Conversation Between Marilyn Macron and Stefan Kiesbye
LARB blog article Marilyn Macron is a practicing attorney and promoter of reading under The Literary Chick™. Here, she talks with Stefan Kiesbye about his latest book, Berlingeles. Berlingeles is a move towards cyberpunk, a genre that is new to Kiesbye, who has worked...
The Literary Chick Interview – Kerry Wallach
by Kerry Wallach, Associate Professor of German Studies at Gettysburg College Gettysburg College website (could link my name to this page): http://www.gettysburg.edu/academics/german/faculty/employee_detail.dot?empId=06446544020013335&pageTitle=Kerry+Wallach...
The Literary Chick Interview – French Filmmaker Patrick Morell
1. What books are currently on your nightstand? I am re reading “The Power of Myth” from Joseph Campbell. Conversations between Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers published in 1988. It is a book that every or almost every American intellectual interested in mythologies,...