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Folks, I have looked around the Pittsburgh bookstores, made a few calls and, no, Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" is not available here, as of today (Nov. 16). Not that I was disappointed. Yet, without surprise, the NYTimes and WashPost got copies, did some quick page turning, and posted their reviews today. Their reviews indicated that Palin
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Who's the source in New York for those "embargoed" books that are given to the media several days early? It never fails to occur. A publisher clamps the distribution lid on a hot new release, then a newspaper gets the book ahead of time and writes a story. The latest is "Going Rogue," Sarah Palin's writer-assisted memoir
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Another widespread killing of trees has hit North America with the pending arrival of Stephen King’s latest, the 1,008 page novel, “Under the Dome.” Mr. Supersize finds himself part of double-edged news burst as well. “Under the Dome” is at the center of a contested price war between Amazon,Wal-Mart and Target while at
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The spanking new August Wilson Center is bringing a lot to Downtown including a comfortable space for literary readings. Three poets, shown above from left, Terrance Hayes, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and Afaa Michael Weaver, all members of Cave Canem, the national forum for African-American poets, filled the second-floor space overlooking Liberty Avenue
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Poet Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, who read Oct. 14 at the August Wilson Center for African-American Culture, was nominated that same day for a National Book Award in Poetry for her collection, “Open Interval.” She's a professor of English at Cornell University and was joined in the reading by poets Terrance Hayes of Carnegie Mellon University
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A recent post on the PBC blog -- the one about the Pirates -- identifies Stewart O'Nan, recently returned Pittsburgh native, as a "horror" novelist, which is like describing the latest edition of the Buccos as a Major League team. O'Nan only pals around with horror novelists, most frequently Stephen King, who shared box seats with
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"Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper tonight said David Japenga was taken into custody shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday after police witnessed him breaking businesses' windows during a protest along Forbes Avenue in Oakland. Chief Harper said Mr. Japenga, who at first refused to give his name, then gave the false name of Eric Blair, broke more
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Tired of locked-down Pittsburgh? Get away to safe, secure Washington, D.C., this Saturday for the National Book Festival on the Mall in front of the Capitol Building. It’s a daylong event of author readings, book signings and children’s activities sponsored by the Library of Congress. For the details . Along with the fest, the LOC’s
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The National Book Foundation, organizers of the National Book Awards, is hyping the prize ceremony in November by running a popularity contest. It's asking the public to name the best book among six finalists that were winners in the 60-year history of the awards. Those six are: "The Stories of John Cheever," Ralph Ellison’s "Invisible
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Sept. 15 brought a shot of cash for booksellers and publisher Doubleday, a Random House imprint , thanks to a monster response to Dan Brown's new cliffhanger, "The Lost Symbol." The publisher claimed more than 1 million copies were sold in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Reuters reported: "The Lost Symbol by Dan