"Chuck Palahniuk, with his thumb-in-your eye themes--fear, chaos, environmental ruin, the rhinestone artifice of the average human's soul--is the kind of wondrously pointed writer you dread reading," ...
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Storied East Village literary haunt KGB Bar is shopping a new paperback fiction anthology to publishers this week, called The Greatest Stories Ever Read, according to literary agent Peter Steinber...
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Steve Coogan is the toast of Sundance. The British actor stars in the biggest acquisition of the film festival, "Hamlet 2," a bawdy comedy directed by Andy Fleming that takes politically incorrect ...
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Berlin (dpa) - Prominent writers from 51 countries have descended
on Berlin for the city's 13-day International Literature Festival,
which kicks off Tuesday with a speech by...
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The same writers strike that transformed the Golden Globes into a news conference might bring smiles to the faces of agents and filmmakers gathered in this snow-covered ski town.They're hoping that...
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For the third year in a row, a movie revolving around immigrants won the grand-jury prize for best U.S. drama at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. Only this time, they come from the north."Fr...
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WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERSFICTION1. "Simple Genius" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)2. "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)3. "The Children of Hurin" ...
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The Sundance Film Festival, long-time epicenter of independent film, announced today that it will unspool a whopping 87 world premieres in its 31st running. "This year, a lot of people came out of...
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Chuck Palahniuk
KGB Bar Shopping Fiction Anthology Featuring Stories by Lethem, Saunders, Ames
