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Book currents; I, me mine.(three books)(Brief Article)
With the recent publication of yet another autobiography by a notorious thirtysomething author, the literary form that James Merrill called the "me-moir" has officially become the me-me-me-moir. These days, the self-reflection industry is booming, so much so that a new crop of meta-memoirs has begun to appear in stores. ENOUGH ABOUT YOU: ADVENTURES IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Simon & Schuster), by the novelist and essayist David Shields, is based on two puckish tenets: "What I ultimately believe in is talking about everything until you're blue in the face" and "If I'm not writing it down, experience doesn't really register." Shields's apologia for the genre is also a work of literary criticism, and, as he relates anecdotes about his stammer and embarrassing moments at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he considers the role of personal experience in books like Renata Adler's "Speedboat" and George W. ...
- Reciprocal Brings the Classics to the Masses Through The Modern Library.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 2, 2000 700+ words
...content distribution program. The Modern Library, an imprint of the Random House Trade...and manage e-book content for the Modern Library, as well as provide DRM and digital...and retailer sites appropriate to the Modern Library list into the Reciprocal(TM) Digital...
- Reciprocal brings the classics to the masses through the modern library; Random...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire November 3, 2000 700+ words
...classics to the masses through the modern library; Random House Trade Publishing working...content distribution program. The Modern Library, an imprint of the Random House Trade...and manage e-book content for the Modern Library, as well as provide DRM and digital...
- Modern Library Goes Casual With Scorsese, Krakauer.(Media&Society)
- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) July 26, 1999 700+ words
...became publishing manager of the Modern Library, which Bennett Cerf bought in 1925...His mission is to invigorate the Modern Library brand, which last summer was tarnished...ranking the books, many of which were Modern Library titles.) Idea No. 1 from Mr. Ebershoff...
- MODERN LIBRARY HAS ABOUT 100 REASONS TO CHANGE ITS WAYS.(Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) August 22, 1998 700+ words
...judges who helped compile it - the Modern Library says it will significantly overhaul...among the hundred best. Instead, Modern Library editors ranked them according to the...Nevertheless, he came down in favor of the Modern Library's attempt to choose the 100 greatest...
- A novel idea: the 100 best works of fiction.(Random House Modern Library...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Mulrine, Anna August 3, 1998 700+ words
...generation? When Random House's Modern Library announced its list of the 100 best...of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Modern Library's panel of one woman and nine men...Web made the Top 20. None are on the Modern Library list. And the Random House Web site...
- Masterpiece theatre. (Modern Library's list of 100 best novels in English)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Pollitt, Katha August 24, 1998 700+ words
...the irritation that has greeted the Modern Library's list of 100 novels, supposedly...DeLillo. I think she's right, and the Modern Library panel proves it. Imagine a committee...but it was no less defensible than Modern Library's. The point of the list? To sell...
- A century's best nonfiction.(Modern Library's list of the 100 best nonfiction...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Tolson, Jay May 10, 1999 700+ words
...Adams should take first place on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best nonfiction...the winners bear the imprint of the Modern Library mother ship, Random House. Still...were nominated by David Ebershoff, Modern Library's publishing director. And after...
- DAVID EBERSHOFF, 31;Publishing director, Modern Library.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business block, valerie January 31, 2000 700+ words
...Random House, promoted him to publishing director of its Modern Library imprint. "I like coming to the office," says the Brown...working on his second. He still has plenty of energy for Modern Library. He has expanded its annual list of titles to 75 from about...
