Author Archives: David M. Perkins

Dichotomous Anonymous

Posted on January 26, 2013 by David M. Perkins

Wherein I am delighted to welcome one of the best writers and poets I know, Kathleen Cain, into the Bloomsbury Blogging fold… With a few essential exceptions, I disdain dichotomy. Either/Or. One or two. Up or down. Yes or no. … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Books, Chick lit, e-reader, endpapers, English cottage mysteries, Fiction, Joseph Anton, Kathleen Cain, libraries, literary, nonfiction, Nook, paperback, Patricia Cornwell, René Descartes, Salman Rushdie, Speculative fiction, The Bloomsbury Review, The Book of Kells, The Cottonwood Tree, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Trinity College Dublin Library, Writer, Writers, writing | 1 Comment

Gray on ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

Posted on January 22, 2013 by David M. Perkins

I’m happy (and I’m sure you are as well) to introduce to you our first guest blogger, Dawn W. Petersen—wherein our heroine, Editor Extraordinaire, goes on a quest to intellectually stalk the Best-selling Beast, The-Book-That-Must-Not-Be-Named… Who among us has not … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Barnes & Noble, BDSM, bestseller, book review, Books, Byronic hero, Christian Grey, E.L. James, Editor, Fifty Shades of Grey, Mommy Porn, The Bloomsbury Review, The Guardian, Writer, Writer's Write, writing | 6 Comments

Crow’s Feet are neither crows, nor feet. Discuss.

Posted on January 20, 2013 by David M. Perkins

Hello? Knock, knock. Is anyone there? Tap, tap! Is this thing on? Hello? Share this:

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And the Beats go on…

Posted on January 18, 2013 by David M. Perkins

In a recent Facebook post, we pointed our good friends to the Grey Art Gallery at New York University, where the self-annotated photographs of Allen Ginsberg are now on display until April 6. If you make your way to New … Continue reading →

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Do any of us really want this to happen? Again?

Posted on January 10, 2013 by David M. Perkins

Surprise! I’m not going to talk about the “Make it New” campaign this time (though you can keep that in the back of your mind, if you wish…). No, this is a matter that should concern all of us obsessed … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Amazon, Austin, Authors, B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, bibliophiles, Books, Bookstore, Bookstores, Borders, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Make it New, Manhattan, Melville House, New York, Nook, Philadelphia, Poetry, San Francisco, Seattle, The Bloomsbury Review, Waldenbooks, Washington DC, Writer, Writers, writing | 2 Comments

“Make it New” doesn’t mean “Make it Short.”

Posted on January 3, 2013 by David M. Perkins

One of my otherwise favorite literary bloggers, has declared that when one goes about making blog posts, one should: Keep It Short. One of the most important tips about blogging is to keep your posts relatively short—no more than 500 … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Progress | Tagged book magazine, Bookblog, Books, Gutenberg, James Panero, literary magazine, Make it New, Mark Twain, political blogs, politics, TBR, The Bloomsbury Review | 2 Comments

On this New Year’s Eve…

Posted on December 31, 2012 by David M. Perkins

Nadir and pinnacle, here we are—Janus-like—looking behind and looking ahead. The quote is attributed to Plato, though apparently there’s some question about it and we’ll probably never know, but he’s certainly a good enough icon on which to hang the … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Authors, Charles William Eliot, Emily Dickinson, Future, Happy New Year, Past, Plato, Plutarch, Poetry, The Bloomsbury Review, W.H.Auden, Writer, Writers, writing | 2 Comments

‘Real’ books or e-books? Alarmed?

Posted on December 30, 2012 by David M. Perkins

“The tastes of the reading public are turning digital“, says The Huffington Post. “Print book sales rise hailed as a sign of a fightback in a digital world,” says The Guardian. From HuffPo: A Pew Internet Research Center survey released … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged "Real" Books, Books, computer, digital, digital age, digitally, e-readers, ereaders, Kindle, libraries, Nook, p-books, Pearson, Pew, Pew Resarch, print, readers, reading, tablets, The Bloomsbury Review, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, United Kingdom, United States, Writer, Writers, writing | 2 Comments

Okay, I’m the world’s worst blogger.

Posted on December 29, 2012 by David M. Perkins

You would be too, if you were surrounded by editors as talented as those who surround me! It’s intimidating. But I am a half-way decent writer—and a damned good volunteer. I am determined to make this New Year a more … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Interview, Progress, Reviews | Tagged @BloomsReview, Antonio Marimón, Authors, Barry Lopez, book review, Books, Disqus, Donate, Editor, Editors, Edward Abbey, Facebook, Georgetown University Press, Gregory McNamee, Henry James, Horace Greeley, Interview, J.P. Donleavy, Jim Barnes, Make it New, Martín Espada, Michael Hogan, New Year, Nicole Hollander, Oxford University Press, Poetry, Raymond Carver, Steven White, Terry McMillan, The Bloomsbury Review, Thomas R. Smith, Tom Auer, Tony Moffeit, Twitter, University of Illinois Press, Wendy Bishop, Writer, Writers | 2 Comments

The composer behind E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Der Nußknacker und Mausekönig

Posted on December 17, 2012 by David M. Perkins

As this is the season of memories, joy and delight—many people include in their festivities a night at the ballet to see a remarkable staple of the holiday season: The Nutcracker. The composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, has not only given … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Reviews | Tagged Alexander Poznansky, Andrew Carnegie, Antonina Ivanovna Milyukova, Bach, ballet, Beethoven, biography, book review, Carnegie Hall, David Brown, Mozart, Music, Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck, Nadezhda von Meck, Opera, Pathetique, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russia, Sleeping Beauty, Symphony, Tchaikovsky, The Bloomsbury Review, The Maid of Orleans, The Nutcracker, The Queen of Spades | 1 Comment