Being a Writer on Social Media: What can authors do when news of their book's impending publication garners way more attention than the writing itself?
From powerbroker to librarian — the prison transformation of Eddie Obeid...
Volokh Conspiracy moves to Reason
The Afterlife of Adam and Eve
From powerbroker to librarian — the prison transformation of Eddie Obeid...
Volokh Conspiracy moves to Reason
The Afterlife of Adam and Eve
Clifford Irving, Perp Of 20th-Century’s Greatest Failed Literary Hoax, Dead At 87
Despite several other notable books and a notably extravagant life, Irving is best remembered for his forged "autobiography" of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes - who briefly emerged from his extreme seclusion to denounce the volume as fake. (In an impressive bit of chutzpah, Irving later wrote and sold a book about his hoax, and even got a movie made of it.) … [Read More]
Keely Smith, Cabaret And Nightclub Singing Star, Dead At 89…
"[She] became a nightclub sensation in the 1950s with her then-husband, the comically disruptive entertainer Louis Prima, and ... gradually emerged from his shadow as an acclaimed solo performer" whose hits with bandleader Nelson Riddle, on Capitol and later on Frank Sinatra's Reprise label, included the million-seller "I Wish You Love" and "Little Girl Blue/Little Girl New." … [Read More]
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Bigmouth ex-coppers who fed media MP pr0nz storyface privacy probe Bob Quick, Neil Lewis referred to UK data watchdog by 'disappointed' Met Police
Bigmouth ex-coppers who fed media MP pr0nz storyface privacy probe Bob Quick, Neil Lewis referred to UK data watchdog by 'disappointed' Met Police
