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Hooray for Bill Stadiem
By Tom Teicholz at 30 October, 2008, 10:51 am
Today’s New York Times features a very positive review of George Hamilton’s autobiography by Janet Maslin, who goes out of her way to praise Hamilton’s co-author Bill Stadiem. Billy — an old friend, who I wrote up in a column written connection with the publication of :”Mr. S” a memoir by George jacobs, Sinatra’s valet, […]
Read More >>FREEWHEELIN’ RECOMMEND: SUZE ROTOLO MEMOIR OF DYLAN DAYS
By Tom Teicholz at 31 July, 2008, 12:07 pm
Suze Rotolo who was the girl on the cover of Bob Dylan’s second album “Freewheelin’” has written a memoir of her times. She was interviewed for the Dylan documentary “No Direction Home”and made such an impression as an intelligent forthright sensitive person who stayed true to herself, but whose impact on Dylan was undeniable, that […]
Read More >>MY BOOKEXPO
By Tom Teicholz at 3 June, 2008, 11:08 am
BookExpo, the bookseller’s and publisher’s convention was held in LA last weekend, It was dizzying and fun. Great to see and run into friends and people who one knows just by email I have a stack of free galleys, and signed books to go through, and a stack of business cards to follow up […]
Read More >>MUSTANG by Deanne Stillman
By Tom Teicholz at 22 May, 2008, 1:58 pm
Just got my copy of Deanne Stillman’s MUSTANG: The saga of the Wild horse in the American West (Houghton Mifflin). Mustang has received great blurbs from Ian Frazier, Michael Blake (Dances with Wolves), Tony Hillerman, Samantha Dunn, John Fusco and Deena Metzger and that’s just on the book jacket. Stillman is one of the great […]
Read More >>What I’ve been reading lately
By Tom Teicholz at 20 May, 2008, 3:14 pm
It’s one of those questions I’m asked a lot and one I ask others, so here goes. Most recently I’ve read: Blood Sucking Fiends by Christopher Moore. Read this on the plane rides to and back from New Orleans. Vampire and slacker lover in San Francisco. Entertaining enough but started out better than it finished. […]
Read More >>What I’ve been reading lately
By Tom Teicholz at 20 May, 2008, 3:14 pm
It’s one of those questions I’m asked a lot and one I ask others, so here goes. Most recently I’ve read: Blood Sucking Fiends by Christopher Moore. Read this on the plane rides to and back from New Orleans. Vampire and slacker lover in San Francisco. Entertaining enough but started out better than it finished. […]
Read More >>I’ve been neglecting my blog
By Tom Teicholz at 8 May, 2008, 9:55 am
I know, I know, I’ve been on deadline on a bunch of things, and the items I want to post keep adding up: So Let me share some quicklyMark Sarvas read at Village Books Tuesday night from his novel “Harry, Revised” to an appreciative crowd, and I got to meet his bride, Mrs TEV (The […]
Read More >>I’ve been neglecting my blog
By Tom Teicholz at 8 May, 2008, 9:55 am
I know, I know, I’ve been on deadline on a bunch of things, and the items I want to post keep adding up: So Let me share some quicklyMark Sarvas read at Village Books Tuesday night from his novel “Harry, Revised” to an appreciative crowd, and I got to meet his bride, Mrs TEV (The […]
Read More >>Mark Sarvas’ “Harry, Revised” — available for purchase
By Tom Teicholz at 22 April, 2008, 3:39 pm
Mark Sarvas’ long awaited debut novel is finally in stores. Sarvas, as many of you know, writes the literary blog, “The Elegant Variation. ” I wrote a column about him once upon a time (check it out here). A fellow of Magyar descent and a francophile, he has been kind enough to cite this blog […]
Read More >>Mark Sarvas’ “Harry, Revised” — available for purchase
By Tom Teicholz at 22 April, 2008, 3:39 pm
Mark Sarvas’ long awaited debut novel is finally in stores. Sarvas, as many of you know, writes the literary blog, “The Elegant Variation. ” I wrote a column about him once upon a time (check it out here). A fellow of Magyar descent and a francophile, he has been kind enough to cite this blog […]
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