What if we were all just characters in somebody else's novel, dude?
A post over at GalleyCat reports on two new web projects that extend novels into the real world, building websites for fictional characters from books. Check out the fake band Metal Assassin, created for Mark Haskell Smith's novel Salty. Then read the New York Daily Herald, a fake newspaper designed for Nicholas Kulish's novel, Last One In.
Have you written about international literature recently? If you think you have what it takes, the action-packed site, Words Without Borders is looking for a new blogger.
Two great, haunted novelists read together in New York this week. In a single sentence, Maud Newton links to all the best articles about the event. I have nothing to add: "Günther Grass & Norman Mailer discussed Nazi ties and U.S. presidential hopefuls at the NYPL earlier this week. (Via & via.)"
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