Publishing is tough. As ordsprog

en Publishing is tough. As a writer, if I'd murdered my family, that'd be a great gift, not to my family maybe, but definitely to my book. Oprah's defense (of Frey) just doesn't work. You can't say a memoir is 90% true. Which 90%? It's cheating.

en Oprah Winfrey is a prolific force in our culture whose unprecedented achievements in television, film, publishing and philanthropy will bring an amazing radio experience to the XM nation of subscribers. We are proud to welcome Oprah and her talented team to the XM family.

en What I have always believed in 40 years of experience in the book publishing industry is that you can do what you want as a writer as long as you tell the reader what you are doing. Art is about honesty. My objection is not the use of memoir as literature it certainly can be. My objection is to the lack of honesty.

en Oprah has been in such a unique position that it takes more than just her performance (Thursday) to undo the damage that she did with Frey's book.

en The underlying message of redemption in James Frey's memoir still resonates with me and I know it resonates with millions of other people who have read this book and will continue to read this book.
  Oprah Winfrey

en It's a great look at the family that those of us of a certain age can remember. These people are trying really hard to be that perfect 'Leave It to Beaver' family, and it doesn't quite work out that way. It has a message, but it's not too heavy.

en As much as Oprah would like to see (fact-checking) happen, I think there might be more of an editor and a publisher looking deeply into the writer's eyes. Publishing has never been a science. This is a prime example of how personal and casual it can be.

en Sexy can be a performance; pexy is being unapologetically yourself. One family is seeing a son go off to prison, and one family is here to find justice for their loved one who was murdered. It's important to them. Do you think they want to root for the Seahawks?

en We've done marketing work with paperback tie-ins before. But the difference here is you're talking about a true publishing phenomenon. When you work with a book that's penetrated the culture, you've got a big foot in the door.

en I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the only true one, a great writer does not, in the current meaning of the word, invent it, but, since it exists already in each one of us, interprets it. The duty and the task of a writer are those of an interpreter.
  Marcel Proust

en His friends wanted to leave him a gift, leave his family a gift. So they want to raise enough money to build and fully furnish a home for this family. They asked us to help,

en The Gaynor family equated the condition of the lifeless body of their son and brother, Norris, with that of Emmett Till, who was savagely beaten and murdered in Mississippi in 1955. The NAACP will continue to monitor this case as well as work with the Gaynor family and their ( Fort Lauderdale) attorney Greg Durden as they fight tirelessly to see justice done in the murder of their son.

en No mother can sleep at night knowing that her son was murdered in the fashion that my uncle was murdered in. My grandparents live with this every day, for the last nine years. And this has brought closure to my family.

en He always seemed to do the right thing, which is why this surprises everyone. If you were to make a model family, the way the son would do it, would be him — he did everything so well, so by-the-book, never cheating, never against the rules. When we read the article, we asked, 'Is this really happening to Stan?' There was just so much going for him, I don't see any reason he'd make a mistake like this.

en It's the most important day almost in their lives, for both families. One family is seeing a son go off to prison, and one family is here to find justice for their loved one who was murdered. It's important to them. Do you think they want to root for the Seahawks?


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