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Congratulations to Patti Smith, Goddess of the Known World
Last night, Patti Smith won the National Book Award, for her memoir of bohemian life in New York, Just Kids. * A long time ago, in another world, the 1970s, Bat Terrier heard Patti Smith sing Lou...
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2010 Best Books Lists
‘Tis the season for the various and sundry lists of the year’s Best Books to begin appearing. Here are lists from Dwight Garner, Michiko Kakutani and Janet Maslin. Takeaways: – It’s been a rich year...
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Of Interest: Rules for Writing Fiction, Patti Smith Interview, Melville’s...
Click here for rules for writing fiction, according to Elmore Leonard, Margaret Atwood, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, Neil Gaiman, and others. Jonathon Lethem interviews Patti Smith, who talks about...
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Best Reads, 2010 (Music and Memoir)
These are the best books Bat Terrier read this year. (Disclosure: no books by friends on this list.) Popular Music Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited, Mark Polizotti Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson...
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