Jonathan Franzen Rails Against Cell Phones, Microsoft Word, and Love at Book Reading
He redefined privacy as 'sparing me from the intrusion of other people’s personal lives.'
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."
Is America's First Gay Superhero Coming to TV?
"It’s not campy either — it’s not 'The Gayest American Hero.'"
Bernard-Henri Lévy, Mia Farrow, and Some New Age Music Open the PEN World Voices Fest
In publicizing the crisis in Darfur, he is the head and she is the heart.
Nicole Kidman Playing Dusty Springfield in Biopic, Says Michael Cunningham
Writer Michael Cunningham knows from brilliant, troubled women.
Comic-Con: ‘Amelia Rules’ Creator Jimmy Gownley on Comics for Kids and Raising His Own Amelias
The independent creator surprised everyone this year by scoring as many Eisner Award nominations as Joss Whedon and Brian K. Vaughan.
Comic-Con: Brian Wood on His New NYU Graphic Novel
The Ditmas Park graphic novelist talks about what creators get out of fan conventions.
Wait, WHO Just Sold a ‘Sci-Fi Trilogy’ for $3 Million?
Yes, that Dale Peck. Well, and Tim Kring from 'Heroes.'
Is Jonathan Lethem Writing a ‘Gossip Girl’ for Grown-ups?
Lethem tells us his new book is a "long, strange novel about the Upper East Side." So, obviously, it'll be like Gossip Girl, right?
Meryl Streep Rules and Graydon Carter Jabs ‘Vanity Fair’ at Poetry Bash
"We don't do contemporary poets at the Academy of American Poets," said Streep. "Because if you say one name, then somebody else has their nose out of joint. "
PEN American Center's World Voices Fest Kicks Off With Tipsy, Seafaring Literati
PEN American Center's galas are known to be glamorous affairs. Even so, someone invited Vulture!
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