Ron Hogan

Battered Books, Tattered Covers: The Photos of Cara Barer and Abelardo Morell - Posted August 25, 2009
Ron Hogan, the sharp-eyed senior editor of Galleycat (our bookish feline of a brother blog), recently noted the nascent trend of book covers sporting photographs of books that have seen better days. The examples he highlighted—The Late Age of Print by Ted Striphas (published in March by Columbia University Press) and... [UnBeige]

CQ-Roll Call Deal Signed, Management Changes Announced - Posted August 5, 2009
First on FishbowlDC: The ink is still drying on the Roll Call/Congressional Quarterly deal and new management changes are already being announced -- one of which involves Peter Cherukuri's position as publisher. Cherukuri, the boy-wonder publisher of Roll Call will be stepping aside because his position "is redundant." Cherukuri... [FishBowlDC]

Wil Wheaton is Beating Britney Spears - Posted January 8, 2009
The finalists for the Best Celebrity Blogger for the Web Blog Awards are Kat Dennings, John Mayer, Britney Spears, Alyssa Milano, Kanye West, Brea Grant, Margaret Cho, Mark Cuban, Gilbert Areanas and Wil Wheaton. And according to our sources - Wil Wheaton (pictured above with GalleyCat editor Ron Hogan at BEA last... [FishBowlLA]

From the Mediabistro Blogosphere - Posted December 22, 2008
Fishbowl DC has this lovely note from Charlie Rose to all his recently sacked co-workers. Glynnis MacNicol at FishbowlNY has an item about the continuing Bush vs. NY Times feud. Vote on Steve Krakauer of TVNewser's poll about the worst media blunder of the year. (Hint: 'terrorist fist jab' is winning) GalleyCat's Ron Hogan... [FishBowlLA]

In Brief: Of Icebergs and EDARs - Posted December 10, 2008
⇒ Over at our bookish brother blog, Galleycat, the sharp-eyed Ron Hogan spots two book covers with the same distinctively shadowed iceberg photo. The chilling coincidence? The books were released only weeks apart—by the same publishing house. ⇒ What do you get when you cross a shopping cart and a pop-up... [UnBeige]

Local Blogger and Spouse Caught in Tea Fire - Posted November 24, 2008
Carla Hoffman, a comic blogger and her husband Lance Hoffman were trapped by flash fire while trying to escape their cottage in Santa Barbara. The reports as of last week say that they suffered serious burns but are now in stable condition. They, of course, lost everything in the fire. To find... [FishBowlLA]

Now Sarah Palin Will Be Able to Name At Least One Book... - Posted November 17, 2008
RadarOnline reports: Sarah Palin has garnered more than fame from her failed Vice-Presidential bid. She is reportedly close to making a book deal for $7 million. "Bill Clinton made over $10 million for his deal seven years ago," a publishing insider told Radar. "That was more than any other former President." Palin offers... [FishBowlLA]

David Carr and Others Attempt to Spell for Charity - Posted November 6, 2008
On Monday night (known across the land as the night before the election) the CLMP (Council of Literary Magazines and Presses) hosted its annual spelling bee fundraiser. The line-up of spellers showcased the spelling talents of some well known media types including Harper Collins' Jonathan Burnham, the NYT's David Carr, The... [FishBowlNY]

Strand Bookstore Continues Tote Bag Innovation - Posted August 6, 2008
We were sure that the iconic Strand tote bag had reached its design apex with the lovely toile de Jouy number we picked up on the way out of the bookstore's recent Richard Hell and Christopher Wool event, but Ron Hogan of our bookish brother blog, GalleyCat (and a tote bag... [UnBeige]

Strand Bookstore Continues Tote Bag Innovation - Posted August 6, 2008
We were sure that the iconic Strand tote bag had reached its design apex with the lovely toile de Jouy number we picked up on the way out of the bookstore's recent Richard Hell and Christopher Wool event, but Ron Hogan of our bookish brother blog, GalleyCat (and a tote bag... [UnBeige]

The Boom! Studios Party - Posted July 25, 2008
We were told the Boom! Studios party was 'where everyone was going to be'. We got there — no open bar — no food. Can it be called a 'party' if you're just telling people to meet you at a bar? Ron Hogan of GalleyCat says no. Anyway, we spotted Stephen... [FishBowlLA]

Dominck Dunne To Contribute to If I Did It - Posted September 12, 2007
GalleyCat's got the scoop! Dominck Dunne will be talking to OJ's ghost, Pablo Fenjves for the Goldman family's edition of If I Did It. Ron Hogan writes: Fenjves will describe what it was like discussing the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman with OJ, "what he said, what he didn't... [FishBowlLA]

BookExpo America Preview: Christopher Hitchens, MySpace and Book Bloggers Who Like To Party - Posted May 31, 2007
BookExpo America 2007, the nation's largest publishing convention, kicks off at the Javits Center today. One of this year's major convention sponsors will be, of all things, MySpace. The social networking ubernetwork, which recently launched MySpace Books, will be hosting a panel on networking and surviving as a supporting sponsor. BookExpo... [FishBowlNY]

GalleyCat Meets Laura Albert - Posted May 25, 2007
Fans of a certain genre will delight in knowing that our own GalleyCat, Ron Hogan, caught up with the not-quite-elusive-enough Laura Albert, aka JT LeRoy. She's not sorry, she's moving on, yadda yadda yadda. As they say: there ain't no vista, there ain't no view, and there certainly ain't no vista of no... [FishBowlLA]

MoDo Enters Borders, Discovers 'Chick-Lit' Phenomenon - Posted February 12, 2007
We read Maureen Dowd's Times column over the weekend, the one where she takes a stroll through a D.C.-area Borders with New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier and declares, among other things, "I even found Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar with chick-lit pretty-in-pink lettering." Far from experts in chick-lit or literature... [FishBowlNY]

Ron Hogan Wants Times Sci-Fi Critic Tasered - Posted December 27, 2006
Our two-headed literati known as GalleyCat doesn't merely exist to be accessories to Judith Regan scandals. They also are well-heeled meta-critics of the New York Times Book Review. Today, co-editor Ron Hogan [above, left] turned his attention to a single writer, sci-fi guy and ex-Spin editor Dave Itzkoff [above, right]. Let's... [FishBowlNY]