Lit fuse

Gosh, that's a good name for a litblog -- Lit Fuse.

Anyway, our first post about literary stuff today is this lengthy piece in the NY Observer on the changes that have come to the Paris Review. Annie Proulx and Julie Orringer will read tomorrow in S.F. in a "celebration" of the journal's makeover.

The Huffington Post has an interview with novelist Rick Moody, whose new novel The Diviners is getting the usual hot or cold reviews -- usual for Moody, that is, as critics usually either love or hate his work.

Here's Miss Snark on authors doing PR for their books:

Publishers can usually be counted on for getting books out to the trade journals and hitting some highlights. For deep market penetration, like a 25 city tour of California, the author is usually on his/her own.... Nothing beats knowing the manager of the Borders in Fargo North Dakota because you've been in his/her store and said "howdy". The big tour stores like Powells, Eliot Bay, Tattered Cover, and Book Passage are all nice places to know too, but they see a lot of authors..hundreds a year. The indie book store in Burns Oregon doesn't see quite so many...and they sell a chunk of books for the people who make the trek.

Annie Proulx, Julie Orringer, Paris Review, Rick Moody,Book Publicity,Miss Snark, literary