Harvard alums Simon Rich, Bridie Clark and Keith Gessen sat down with the Crimson recently to talk about their lives as literary figures making a living in the harsh marketplace that is life after Harvard. As the interviewer puts it: "You all...
Another "insider" (we put those in quotes when we figure they have some interest in the book!) speaks up on behalf of Bridie Clark's maligned roman a clef: "[Because She Can] earned out in foreign sales before it was published, and the real...
Bridie Clark's debut novel, Because She Can, got raked over the lukewarm coals over at Radar yesterday for having sold only 5,300 copies since its publication two months ago, according to Nielsen Bookscan—a service that, depending who you...
Hey, what are you doing this weekend? You might consider attending an art fair; there are seven to choose among. Also, maybe you should watch real live comedians onstage on Sunday night instead of watching Ellen dance with penguins on TV: the...
Last night, Gawker photographer Nikola Tamindzic and Emily Gould hit Matt and Marisa Brown's luxe Soho loft—that's her on your left—to celebrate the publication of Gawker Book Club pick Because She Can, the roman a clef that's "not"...
As we mentioned yesterday, this edition of our bookish little coffeeklatsch revolves around a work of literature whose villainess reminds us a bit of one of our favorite Gawker whipping gals: freshly canned publisher Judith Regan. That might be...
Some people like to say that living well is the best revenge. Well, living well is pretty good revenge, but the best? We think that'd have to be something along the lines of: writing a roman a clef about your evil ex-boss that's being published...
• And the award goes to... People magazine, who won the Getty Images' first pictures of baby Shiloh for a mere $4.1 million. Props to Getty for making them scramble and outbid each other until 6 in the morning. [Page Six]
You know how we said we didn't find much exciting in last night's Publishers Lunch deal report? That's because we forgot to put on our special bookworld decoder glasses before we started reading. A more alert reader points us to an in fact very...
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