He is long known to have used composite characters and a new biography will reveal more embellishments – but perhaps that’s the magic of his workOver the weekend, the feathers of American literary journalists ruffled lightly in the breeze of a review that appeared in the New York Review of Books. The review, written by longtime New Yorker staff writer Janet Malcolm, was of an upcoming biography of another New Yorker staff writer, Joseph Mitchell, due to be published in the United States on 28 April. Malcolm’s review can be read as a pre-emptive defence of Mitchell’s legacy as one of the giants of American literary journalism. The biographer in question, Thomas Kunkel, has apparently found more evidence of what was already somewhat known: that Mitchell embellished his nonfiction, often condensing characters and facts to smooth out his stories. In one already well-known example, a long piece called Old Mr Flood condenses several men’s stories into the titular Mr Flood. Mitchell admitted this openly in a preface to the book later published under that name.He has mixed up nonfiction with fiction. He has made an unwholesome, almost toxic brew out of the two genres. It is too bad he is dead and can’t be pilloried. Or perhaps it is all right that he is dead, because he is suffering the torments of hell for his sins against the spirit of fact. And so on.Every writer of nonfiction who has struggled with the ditch and the bushes knows what Mitchell is talking about, but few of us... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jumping on bandwagons is my least favorite activity. Don't force me to tell you all the must-see movies I've skipped ("Forrest Gump" is all you'll get out of me), the No. 1 best-sellers I've bypassed (I discovered the world of "Harry Potter" only after it became a play) or the platinum records... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press (CUP) has fended off another request from Chinese authorities to censor content in one of its journals. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press was asked to suppress articles in China Quarterly. It has now resisted, but it is a worrying developmentThe international furore that followed Cambridge University Press’s compliance with “an instruction from a Chinese import agency to block individual articles from... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octopus imprint Mitchell Beazley has acquired Champagne by American wine writer Peter Liem, a complete buyer's guide to help readers navigate the sparkling wine aisle. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher John Wiley has launched a content sharing initiative across its research portfolio, following a successful four-month trial run earlier this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laura Dassow Walls, author of the definitive biography 'Henry David Thoreau: A Life,' on why Thoreau still matters today. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook introduced its Facebook Journalism Project in January, and Thursday, head of news partnerships Campbell Brown and vice president of product Fidji Simo provided an update of its progress at the six-month mark. Brown and Simo said Facebook has met with 2,600 publishers globally since... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As publishers continue to give Facebook and Google more ad dollars and control over distribution, a group of outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, Tronc and smaller newspapers are banding together. The News Media Alliance--a trade organization that... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three months removed from the Us Weekly deal, the National Enquirer publisher makes another purchase. The post AMI Acquires Men’s Journal from Wenner Media appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut thriller writer Joseph Knox, crime buyer for Waterstones, has been nominated for this year's The Times Breakthrough Award, in the Literature category for his debut Sirens (Transworld). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While living and working as an account executive for D Magazine in Dallas in 2009, she was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and underwent chemo treatments for six months, and was then declared cancer free. “It taught me not to take anything for granted. And made me realize that... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The industry’s earnings hit a new high in 2016, according to the PA Publishing Yearbook 2016, which has put total income from invoiced sales at £4.8bn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Almost anyone can use the worldwide web to be a media outlet, so how will we differentiate between truth, myth and lies? Australia’s two largest legacy media organisations recently announced big cuts to their journalistic staff. Many editorial positions, perhaps up to 120, will disappear at... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray has appointed Joseph Zigmond, formerly of HarperCollins imprint William Collins, as senior commissioning editor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mitchell Beazley, part of the Octopus Publishing Group, has commissioned New French Table from the mother-and-daughter team behind the Roux empire, Giselle and Emily Roux. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gillian McAllister, debut author of Everything but the Truth (Penguin), has signed a new two-book deal with Michael Joseph. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A solid backlist can make a bookstore's selection stand out, and also help shape a store's identity. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook laid out a fairly elaborate plan to promote better media reporting and consumption. Called the Facebook Journalism Project, it includes a local news initiative, new storytelling formats and fighting hoaxes, among other items. With the current debate about... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Report in the Australian says property portal is buying ad space on pornographic and illegal download websites to inflate its audience figuresFairfax Media has accused News Corp of gutter journalism after the Australian claimed the company placed advertising for its property portal Domain on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph is publishing "a humorous look back at the worst year ever", F*CK YOU, 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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