Blog Entries by Daniel Torday
In Ohio With Robert Giroux
Legendary publisher Robert Giroux died late last week, and his passing made me think of his last trip to Kenyon College. It was November 1998, when the college held a symposium on its alumnus Robert Lowell. As a Kenyon Review Student Associate and a junior at the college at the...
Confessions of a Self-Googler
Posted July 22, 2008 | 03:41 PM (EST)
Late in the first episode of the Showtime series Californication--the only show on television that actually glorifies the writing life, if for all the wrong reasons-- the writing-blocked novelist played by David Duchovny is having a blow-out fight with his ex, played by Natasha McElhone. Toward the end of their...
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
The Campaign Finance Institute (CFI)...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on Campaign Trail...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
The seventies are back in a big way: shaggy hair, plaid prints and idealism have all...
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns...
Winona Ryder has been accused of losing £81,000 of...
It started with the fist bump seen 'round the world. Soon...
A revolutionary device that can harness...
Posted September 11, 2008 | 07:00 PM (EST)