Grim article about the state of book publishing by Leon Neyfakh in The New York Observer: “Think of it like a supply chain,” said one publishing executive who would not speak for attribution. “If the newspapers have fewer ads, they’re running fewer book reviews, so therefore, for those books that don’t have a pre-estab- lished …
Ginny and I had a splendid time on Sunday watching Cara compete in the Peekskill Rotary Horse Show. It was the first inter-stable competition for Cara (and only her second overall), and the first for her horse Cade. Both did very well. It was a great treat to spend a beautiful day in the sun, …
I got a note on the LinkedIn network from my colleage friend Ned White, who is currently the Regional Sales Manager at Midwest Media Group, which according to the company’s website “has emerged as the leading Digital New Media Reseller/Systems Integrator in the central United States.” Showing why he remains a great pal, Ned writes …
Writing about last night’s debate on newsweek.com, Richard Wolffe focused on John McCain‘s physical presentation: “He paced up and down in fits and starts as he spoke. He leapt from subject to subject, sound byte to sound byte. Between answers, he sat down and scribbled page after page of notes, then jumped up and paced …
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I am pretty thrilled to have won at auction on eBay copies of four prints by James Gillray, the great British satirical artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Gillray had a sharp pen and a merciless and brilliantly comic sensibility that must have reduced the targets of satire to tears and rage. …
A word of encouragement from Mr. Hugh Cook: “I want to thank you for posting your book reviews and author interviews on the Playboy Blog (blog.playboy.com). This longtime Playboy reader appreciates your efforts and commitment to the printed word.” Thanks, Hugh!
It turns out that the 2001 Playmate of the Year, Brande Roderick, is competing in the upcoming season of The Celebrity Apprentice. Since the 2005 PMOY Tiffany Fallon was unceremoniously booted off the on the first episode of last season’s show, the high command dispatched all the troops onto 57th Street this morning to buy …
At Politico.com, Roger Simon asks a panel of Republican war horses if John McCain can still win, and die-hard loyalists to a man, they say “Hell yeah!” Gregg Muller, an advisor to Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan, says “McCain can definitely win the race. . . . He needs to define Obama’s agenda as dangerous …
The Austrian Cultural Forum New York has found a compelling way to attract visitors to its exhibit Cutting Realities: Gender Strategies in Art. Outside its space at 11 East 52nd Street, it has mounted a large monitor, which shows a loop of a 16 mm film called “Consumer Art”, made in the seventies by the …
The very first Sexie Awards, given for excellence in Sex-Positive Journalism, were presented on Saturday night at Splash on West 17th Street. Not only did Playboy sweep the three awards given in its category, but, I’m delighted to say, “Sex in Iran”, by Pari Esfandiari and Richard Buskin, a piece I edited, won first place. …