July/August 2003
features
by Lucas Rivera—A
profile of Gregory Rabassa, the man who brought One Hundred Year's of Solitude,
Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel García Márquez' masterpiece, to the English-speaking
world.
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Hitting the Big One
Overbooked in California
by Dee Stewart—OP's
editor explains how Sam Gottlieb's Overbooked in Arizona ruined
her life.
Graphic Details
Pictures Tell the Story at Between the Covers Rare
Books
by Linda Castellitto— BookSense.com's
creative director looks at how Between the Covers Rare Books has pioneered
the affordable use of antiquarian book photographs to fuel website and
catalog sales.
Worlds in a Single Book
One Fine Copy of The Castle of Otranto
by Marilyn Barth—The
copy of Horace Walpole's gothic novel in the Smithsonian Institution Library
tells a fascinating story of the best in the book arts in 18th-century
England.
Why I No Longer Sign My Books
by Larry McMurtry—When
the Pulitzer-prize winner went from respected writer to literary celebrity,
his signing hand finally said, "Enough!"
Plus columns and reviews.