The PW Morning Report, July 21, 2008
By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 7/21/2008 6:40:00 AM
Monday, July 21, 2008
A d
aily round-up of the latest publishing news: Obits: Watson and Pristavkin; Baby James Roman à Clef; Digital Yeats; Hemingway Look-Alikes; and Joe Mitchell Again
Lyall Watson, Scientist, Dead at 69, reports New York Times
Science and the paranormal were his expertise and he authored more than 20 books including Supernature, The Romeo Error and Beyond Supernature
Anatoly I. Pristavkin, Russian Writer, Dead at 76, reports New York Times
He wrote 26 novels, opposed the Soviet regimes, and headed the Russian Presidential Pardons Commission
A Quiet Publicity Campaign for a Novel—Pssst: James Taylor Is One of the Characters
New York Times reports on Kathryn Walker’s debut novel, A Stopover in Venice, a roman à clef featuring the author’s ex-husband (Taylor) and other characters who may be Carly Simon, Jason Robards, among others
The Digital Yeats Now on Display in Dublin, reports New York Times
The Archpoet’s letters can be viewed digitally at the National Museum in Dublin in an exhibition called "The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats"
Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in the Florida Keys, reports AP
Tom Grizzard beat out 141 other contenders in the competition at Sloppy Joe’s Bar, where Hemingway used to drink back in the 1930s
Los Angeles Times Profiles Joseph Mitchell
OK, this is my last effort to brow-beat you into reading Mitchell’s great prose
