Tag: Books
Yes, this is really happening. According to the New York Times and the Associated Press, J.D. Salinger, the late, famously reclusive writer, has not one, not two, but five new works coming out beginning in 2015. This is big news for the legions of people for whom The Catcher in the Rye, Franny and Zooey, and the rest of Salinger’s works virtually defined […]
In his new book, NaS Lost: A Tribute to The Little Homey, veteran rap blogger Byron Crawford takes aim at everyone, whether it’s comparing Chief Keef to “sellout-era Liz Phair,” devoting an entire chapter to the cultural critic dream hampton, or expounding on the merits of Gin Blossoms’ New Miserable Experience. Through everything (and I really mean everything– […]
ANIMAL is happy to learn that our friend Molly Crabapple just got a book deal from Harper Collins! Pub Lunch announces… Artist, journalist, and Discordia coauthor Molly Crabapple’s Drawing Blood, an illustrated memoir of her life as an “angry punk kid,” model, fire eater, demimonde portraitist, and visual chronicler of protest movements—and an inspiring look at how art […]
The merger between Penguin Books and Random House was announced on July 1st, sending shock waves throughout the literary world. Opponents of the merger worried about layoffs in the face of inevitable redundancy that the merger will cause, leading to less talented workers in the publishing industry. They worried about smaller advances and less access […]
THE PLOT THICKENS! Yesterday, we investigated artist Richard Prince‘s outing in Central Park with topless ladies reading Bunny Modern. A tipster who will remain anonymous told us “Bob Dylan was painting on an easel in the background.” He described him as a man with “wild hair and good shades,” painting nudes “with the authority you’d expect of a man who’d […]
After completing her Master’s Degree in Architecture, Larraine Henning decided to explore architecture in a more dedicated way; by living the life of a squatter and publishing an informative “how-to” book of survival and self-sufficiency. A Practical Guide to Squatting doesn’t just provide useful tips for anyone planning to begin living such a lifestyle but includes tons of […]
Fans hungry for one last piece of the Beastie Boys legacy will get their wish Fall 2015, when Spiegel & Grau will publish a yet-untitled memoir by Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond, aka Ad-Rock and Mike D. According to the New York Times, the tome, edited by veteran rap journalist and Ego Trip mag founder Sacha Jenkins will aesthetically mimic […]
Die Hard was based on a book. That book, the 1979 thriller Nothing Lasts Forever, was the sequel to a 1966 novel called The Detective, which was adapted as a film of the same name in 1968. That film starred none other than Frank Sinatra. Yes, Frank Sinatra once played John “yipee-ki-yay” McClane. While the Die Hard-Nothing Lasts Forever-The Detective saga is […]
Glory, hallelujah: in an interview with Acclaim magazine, RiFF RAFF revealed he and Spring Breakers auteur Harmony Korine are working together on a book based on the rapper’s prodigious Twitter feed. Apparently, the tome will feature Korine’s interpretations of @JODYHiGHROLLER‘s oft-inscrutable, always-amazing Tweets. Some recent entries that could be ripe for reinterpretation: “STEP UP TO THE PLATE, AND BE A […]
Michael Malice is a very successful celebrity ghostwriter, co-authoring books with D.L. Hughley and Bret Michaels, and then there was this one time Harvey Pekar wrote a book about him. For his seventh book, he’s doing something crazy. Also, he’s never going back to North Korea. “I would never go back there,” Malice tells ANIMAL. “People go to the gulag if […]
