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Sarah Palin is a "voracious reader"
The latest issue of People magazine contains an interview with Sarah & Todd Palin. In it Palin addresses a question we've all been wondering about, the role of reading in her life.People: Do you think you're intellectual?Sarah Palin: Yessss. And you have to be up on not only current events, but you have to understand the foundation of the issues that you're working on as a governor. I had to do the same thing as a mayor. So it is not just current events but it's much more in-depth than that to understand how, in the case of me being...
Anselm Kiefer wins the 2008 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
Buch mit Flügeln (Book with Wings), 1992-94Lead, steel, and tinCollection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Museum purchase, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Endowment Fund. © Anselm KieferEvery year since 1950 the German Book Trade Peace Prize is awarded at the Frankfurt Book Fair.The €25,000 award is given by the the German book publishers' and book-sellers' association, The Boersenverein.The award this year goes to Anselm Kiefer and it is the first time an artist has won.Those familiar with Kiefer's work know that the book plays an important role in his work. The jury acknowledged this relationship when giving Kiefer...
Only in Dubai : The Burj Dubai Opus
Note: The image that originally appeared in this post has been removed at the request of Mission Media, the public relations firm for Burj Dubai. Apparently it was leaked and "not approved" by the powers that be.*****************************When the Burj Dubai opens early next year it will it be the world's tallest building.In the lobby will be a copy of what has to be the world's tallest book.The 'Burj Dubai Opus' stands 15 feet tall.Emaar Properties, the developers of the Burj Dubai, have hired luxury publisher Kraken Opus to produce the book. The book will contain plans of the design and...
"A Few Principles of Publishing" by David Godine
This essay by David Godine appears in his latest catalog. As "pluck" would have it since the catalog was released word came that the Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to J.M.G. Le Clézio whose novel The Prospector was first published in America by Godine. Congratulations David!***********************A Few Principles of Publishing Somewhere, in my distant past, I read that publishing requires three ingredients: patience, perseverance, and pluck. I suppose the same could be said for any business, but at least these three prerequisites (and perhaps a fourth – pesos) apply with particular precision to this profession. Success, if it comes...