Noah Charney writes for The Atlantic in defense of book tours, which “mostly entail maneuvering to get on radio shows or TV programs, and less glamorous elements, like attending bookstore readings where hardly anyone shows up.”
On Tour
Goon Squad to the Small Screen?
Well, this is interesting. HBO is looking at turning Jennifer Egan's Pulitzer-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad into a TV series.
Elgin Marbles Return Home?
British Members of Parliament have proposed a bill to return the Elgin Marbles (of Keats fame) to Greece.
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Authors Upon Authors
The Guardian asked a bunch of authors, including Hilary Mantel, Geoff Dyer, and Ian Rankin, which books they "regularly reread and which novels they are desperate to unlock the secrets of." Check out John Banville's abiding fixation on the works on F. Scott Fitzgerald.