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2012: The Best Books
Oak Tree Books, Tulsa, Oklahoma. by Dick Loftin. BookTV.org has listed a number of publications with their “Best Books of 2012.” Here are some of them… The USA Today list Here. The New Yorker, Here....
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Book Review: The Accidental Anarchist, by Bryna Kranzler
Cover of The Accidental Anarchist. By Dick Loftin. It is somewhat of a miracle that this book even exists. Written from the more than one hundred year old diaries of her grandfather, Bryna Kranzler has...
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Do Book Reviews Help?
Cover of Selected Letters of William Styron. by Dick Loftin. I’ve read many book reviews and I have written some, but I wonder how much they really help when selecting a book to read? Some of the...
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Being Bookish (.com)
by Dick Loftin. Bookish.com, is a new site backed by three publishers, Simon and Schuster, Penguin Group USA and Hachette Book Group. But don’t worry about falling under the influence of ‘Big Book.’...
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The Joy of the Book Fair.
by Dick Loftin. There are few things I enjoy more than the book fair. One of the best is the Holland Hall Book Fair, held every year on the last Saturday of February. I make my annual pilgrimage to...
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An Appreciation of Blake Bailey.
Blake Bailey by Dick Loftin. Blake Bailey has quickly become one of my favorite writers. He has written compelling biographies of Richard Yates (a troubled guy, but seems to have been someone you could...
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The End of Poetry.
Cover of Robert Lowell’s ‘Life Studies,’ 1959 “You’ll never be alone with a poet in your pocket.” – John Adams By Dick Loftin. I enjoy poetry. Some of my...
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The Declaration of Independent Booksellers
Rows of books. ABC Books, Springfield, Mo. by Dick Loftin. Up until recently, I was seriously worried about the future of books. It seemed everyone was buy e-readers and the book as we know it was...
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Writing with Stephen King.
Cover of Stephen King’s book, “On Writing.” by Dick Loftin. Stephen King has sold over 300,000,000 books. Think about that number: 300,000,000. Astounding. So when a writer of his stature sits down...
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Listened To Any Good Books Lately?
by Dick Loftin. I prefer the old-fashioned book. Picking it up, holding it, turning the pages… getting into the book. I like the way they look, feel, smell, and how they look in my bookshelves. Books...
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Articles, Clips and This and That on Writing.
William Faulkner at work on his Royal typewriter. [Image: Xavier.edu]by Dick Loftin. I’m a clipper. If there is an interesting article in a magazine or online, I’ll clip it or print it and it goes into...
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I Am Hetty, Hear Me Roar. Review: The Richest Woman In America, by Janet...
by Dick Loftin. “I am woman, hear me roar…” – Helen Reddy, 1972 Long before Helen Reddy had a notion of roaring at anything, there was Hetty Green. At the time Hetty died, in 1916, she was worth $100...
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The Library Book.
John Updike’s ‘Endpoint,’ from the North Country Library System, Watertown, New York. Photo: Endpaper Review by Dick Loftin. Lately I’ve found myself checking eBay for library books. Good,...
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This Week in Books.
A copy of “How to Read a Book,” along side a Royal typewriter. Photo by Endpaper Review by Dick Loftin. A couple of items caught my eye this week. The National Book Awards have been released. “The Good...
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Favorite Book Lists for 2013.
“Read Up!!!” Nashville, Tennessee. Photo by Endpaper Review. by Dick Loftin. Here are some of the lists of Favorite and Best Books for 2013 and some other articles you may find interesting. From...
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Sherlock Holmes copyright case may be more than…‘elementary.’
by Dick Loftin. An enormous opportunity for writers could come forward if a case placing the copyright of Sherlock Holmes in public domain reaches an end point. A Chicago judge has already opened the...
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“National Geographic Book Boasts 1,500 Pages.”
by Dick Loftin. National Geographic has published “Around the World in 125 Years.” You might call it a ‘coffee table’ book – if your coffee table is made of concrete. It has a hefty 1500 pages, weighs...
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The Shaping of Lincoln’s Image Profiled in New Book.
Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC [Image from commons.wikimedia.org]by Dick Loftin. The new book, “Lincoln’s Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay and the War for Lincoln’s Image,” by Joshua Zeitz [Viking Press,...
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25 Book-loving Websites.
Inside ABC Books, Springfield, Missouri. Photo: Endpaper Review. by Dick Loftin. As is all things on the net, one thing can lead to another. I’ve heard this called ‘aggregating content,’ when content...
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Pew Research: Print Books Here to Stay.
Photo of deckled edge corner of John Updike’s “Higher Gossip” by Endpaper Review. by Dick Loftin. Many book lovers have been wringing their hands over the past few years over the end of the book. The...
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