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[Book Nerd News] Elizabeth Wurtzel Dies at 52

Posted on January 8, 2020 by maedez

Elizabeth Wurtzel: Prozac Nation author dies aged 52 [BBC]
Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of trailblazing memoir ‘Prozac Nation,’ dies at 52 [LA TIMES]

[Book Nerd News] Tom Wolfe Dies at 87

Posted on May 15, 2018 by maedez

Tom Wolfe Dies at 87:

[Book Nerd News] Ursula K. Le Guin–Dead at 88

Posted on January 23, 2018 by maedez

URSULA K. LE GUIN, ACCLAIMED FOR HER FANTASY FICTION, IS DEAD AT 88 [THE NEW YORK TIMES]

URSULA K. LE GUIN, AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE FICTION WRITER, HAS DIED AT 88 [LOS ANGELES TIMES]

[Book Nerd Links] Poe, Bibliomania, and Roxane Gay

Posted on January 30, 2017 by maedez

Delightfully Macabre, Vintage Edgar Allan Poe Book Covers [FLAVORWIRE]
Bibliomania: the strange history of compulsive book buying [THE GUARDIAN]
Roxane Gay Yanks Upcoming Book From Simon & Schuster Imprint [HUFFINGTON POST]

[Book Nerd News] Flannery O’Connor Stamp

Posted on May 27, 2015 by maedez

Author Flannery O’Connor on new stamp June 5 [Linns.com]

This is exciting!

[Book Nerd News] Galway Kinnell, 1927-2014

Posted on November 5, 2014 by maedez

Galway Kinnell, 1927-2014 [The Paris Review]

[Book Nerd News] Doris Lessing Has Died

Posted on November 17, 2013 by maedez

Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize-winning author, has died at 94 [COURTESY LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOKS]

R.I.P. Norman Lloyd (1914-2021)

Norman Lloyd, long a personal favorite of mine, was a fascinating man and performer. Norman Lloyd Dead [THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER]

R.I.P. Geoffrey Scott

Geoffrey Scott was from a younger generation than the performers I normally write about, but his handsome presence was ubiquitous during my 1980s childhood. From Dynasty to The Love Boat, Night Court, and Battle of the Network Stars, his charisma and acting ability lit up the small screen for decades. He will be missed. Geoffrey […]

Kirk Douglas: 1916-2020

[2019 Reel Infatuation Blogathon] But Baby Think of Me Once in Awhile: On Andy Travis as Television’s Best (and Hunkiest) Boss

Welcome to the 2019 Reel Infatuation Blogathon! Baby, If You’ve Ever Wondered: It still seems like yesterday that the idea for RI popped in my head. It was actually in December 2015, while in a hotel room getting ready for a holiday party, when it occurred to me that there was a gap in the classic […]

Announcing the 2019 Reel Infatuation Blogathon!

This is one of my favorite events of the year, and not just because I’m the co-hostess. It’s simply that good. And fun. Oh, so much fun! Here’s my original announcement. ANNOUNCING THE 2019 REEL INFATUATION BLOGATHON I hope you’ll join us!