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Défendre Jacob, the book trailer
Book trailer for the upcoming release of Defending Jacob in France (Défendre Jacob, available October 11 from Éditions Michel Lafon).
Homer votes
Elmore Leonard on bad movies and good writing
Elmore Leonard interviewed by James Parker of The Atlantic.
George Harrison: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Inside Random House
Ken Burns: On Story
John Fox on ball games
Book trailer for The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game by my friend John Fox (on sale May 14). The footage shows the Kirkwell Ba’, an ancient “folk football” game played twice a year, on Christmas and New Years Day, in the streets of Kirkwall, a tiny coastal town in Orkney, northern Scotland.