Quomodocumque (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
I read a lot of science fiction as a kid, but somehow managed to miss out on John Crowley until this year. I started with the Hugo-winning Little Big, which is beloved by both Harold Bloom and Crooked Timber; that must say something. It’s a beautifully written and grand fantasia about fairies, architecture, [...]
educating alice (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
What do the books Fifty-Three More Things to Do in Zero Gravity, Dust Thou Art, A Moral Dustbin, and Unburnt Boats have in common? They only exist in other books. To see more titles (and add more), go to The Invisible Library. (Thanks so much to John Crowley for this intriguing site.) [...]
Subterranean Press (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
With wit, elegance, and abiding compassion, Conversation Hearts celebrates what is both unique and universal in each and every one of us. In the process, it reaffirms Crowley’s position as a modern master, and does what only the finest fiction can do: shows us our world from a fresh, wholly original perspective. Limited: $45 Trade: $20
Subterranean Press (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
John Crowley’s latest novelette, Conversation Hearts has just arrived in our offices and will begin shipping immediately. As Green Man Review notes, “Conversation Hearts is sweet, and sentimental in the best sense of the word. It avoids the treacly truisms that the setup might lend itself to in lesser hands. Instead, in its conversations — [...]
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Jamie Linden will adapt the bestselling novel.
News & Information (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
On the surface, the director John Crowley’s new film “Boy A,” which opens Friday at Film Forum, is somewhat typical of what might be called the Ken Loach school of socially aware contemporary English melodrama……Read more
ChatzWorld - A World of Chat (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Film festivals have introduced moviegoers to a lot of great films over the years, but one such movie that's quite a pleasant surprise is Boy A ,...
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
I came across a rather interesting new trailer today that I wanted to suggest everyone check out. Boy A is a drama about a boy who committed a heinous crime as a youngster and his life after being released from prison. Although he is a new man, he can't seem to escape his past no [...]
Sterne (Free subscription) | 19/05/2008
Clockwise from top left: Postwar , Tony Judt; Darkness Visible , William Golding; ABR , May edition; The Solitudes (the book formerly known as Aegypt ), John Crowley; The Rhetoric of Fiction , Wayne Booth. The latter will be added to my shelf of unread lit crit.
Retail and Financial Information (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
AP - When Jenny and John Crowley learned they were having a baby, they did the responsible thing: they bought life insurance.
Channel 7 News (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
When Jenny and John Crowley learned they were having a baby... they did the responsible thing: they bought life insurance
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
When Jenny and John Crowley learned they were having a baby, they did the responsible thing: they bought life insurance.
Business blog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
AP - When Jenny and John Crowley learned they were having a baby, they did the responsible thing: they bought life insurance.
Home Personal Finance (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
AP - When Jenny and John Crowley learned they were having a baby, they did the responsible thing: they bought life insurance.
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Last night, Andy Unanue had "no intention of stepping down" . Some Republicans say that Unanue is upset at the national Republicans' all out effort to push biotech millionaire John Crowley into the race, which went so far as to have John McCain and Rudy Giuliani call him and urge him to run. What's unclear is whether that anger will make Unanue more or less likely to forego his run. According to Ortiz,...
