The relatively-elusive novelist Cormac McCarthy has deviated from his job as novelist from time to time, and whenever he does—whether a rare appearance for press duties on his book, or a project that isn’t a novel—it usually makes a fuss. This one’s no exception. Cormac McCarthy, copy-editor, has emerged, and with him are some strong ideas about punctuation. Read More
Self-help mogul Deepak Chopra will join the growing ranks of celebrities hired to draw from their “broad network of contacts” to “initiate, recommend and submit” books for publication at divisions of Random House. Unlike Dana Perino or Ruth Reichl, Dr. Chopra will have his own eponymous imprint at Crown, Deepak Chopra Books. According Read More
In 1975, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, widowed for the second time, was confronting the long and desolate road of leisure that unfurled bleakly before her. She decided to dabble in work. According to a recently published history, Jackie as Editor, by Greg Lawrence, a friend in the publishing business told her she might be able to Read More
Today Vogue Paris announced fashion director Emmanuelle Alt will succeed Carine Roitfeld’s as editor in chief, reports the Huffington Post.
Naturally, Alt’s a very stylish lady. And like many stylish ladies who are photographed all the time, Alt has a signature pose.
Where it gets weird is that her pose–standing straight, Read More
Since picking up Newsweek for a sawbuck, Sidney Harman has been casting around wildly for a life-injecting top editor. Reportedly advised by former Time topper Walter Issacson, he’s hit most of the usual suspects, including Tina Brown, Peter Kaplan, Terry McDonell, Fareed Zakaria and, yes, Read More
Earlier tonight Tina Brown and Miles Nadal co-hosted a book party for Harold Ford Jr.’s More Davids Than Goliaths at Barbetta on West 46th Street. Drinks were in the garden.
The Observer asked Ms. Brown, who edits The Daily Beast, about a rumor that she was interested in leaving the news website that she Read More
