DVD Report: This week's new releases (Oct. 19) Oct 19, 2008
And who could resist including a quote as good as this one, from another talking head, journalist Pete Hamill: "If somebody said, 'OK you have to erase him from all the social histories of New York, it would be like trying to get rid of an Alp - saying Mont Blanc isn't there anymore, now try to write about Switzerland.' " True enough, except Mont Blanc is in France and Italy. "Toots" notes Shor's relationship with the mob, which backed both incarnations of his establishment. (Boston Globe)
A Son of Brooklyn, Pete Hamill, to speak in Watertown Oct 10, 2008
"We're just thrilled to have another author [this year] and of the caliber of Pete Hamill," said Linda Merriman, coordinator of the event. Last year's guest was Tracy Kidder, author of "Mountains Beyond Mountains" and many other books. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Dunleavy And The Boss Oct 10, 2008
Tim Arango wrote the Times piece, quoting not only Murdoch but old rivals Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill, Post editor Col Allan, and Jonathan Mahler, author of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning. I especially liked Jimmy's line, "Steve is one of the three people in America who loves Rupert Murdoch. In a time of listless reporting, he climbed stairs. And he wrote simple declarative sentences that people could read." Breslin then derided today's newspaper sentences, "52-word gems that moan,... (Forbes -- Business)
A legend of New York journalism steps aside Oct 3, 2008
Dunleavy also tweaked the political landscape of New York City, proving that populism could come from the right, not just from the cadre of well-known left-leaning columnists of the time like Pete Hamill, Jimmy Breslin, Murray Kempton and Jack Newfield. "Politically, the notion that there could be a populist, right wing columnist in New York seemed almost inconceivable at the time, but that's exactly what he was," said Jonathan Mahler, a contributor to The New York Times Magazine who is author... (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Addiction doesn't discriminate - except when it does Sep 4, 2008
"The culture of drink endures because it offers so many rewards: confidence for the shy, clarity for the uncertain, solace to the wounded and lonely," wrote Pete Hamill in his memoir "A Drinking Life." Heroin and speed helped the screenwriter Jerry Stahl, author of "Permanent Midnight," attain the "the soothing hiss of oblivion.". If addiction were a random event, there would be no logic to it, no desperate reason to keep going back to the bottle or needle, no reason to avoid treatment. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Addiction Doesn't Discriminate? Wrong Sep 2, 2008
The culture of drink endures because it offers so many rewards: confidence for the shy, clarity for the uncertain, solace to the wounded and lonely, wrote Pete Hamill in his memoir, A Drinking Life. Heroin and speed helped the screenwriter Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight, attain the the soothing hiss of oblivion. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Confessions of a rehabilitated garbage head Aug 16, 2008
Still, he says, he was up late the other night when he got a Google News Alert that said Pete Hamill had reviewed his book in the Times. "I had to, like, check the browser to make sure: Is this some fantasy browser that is showing me what I wish would happen? And I had to print it out, and look at the dateline and say, No, this is really happening, Pete Hamill not only read my book but reviewed it in the New York Times. So c'mon. What do I really have to complain about?". (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Out there in la-la land Aug 5, 2008
The great Pete Hamill introduced us at the Lion's Head in Greenwich Village a million years ago. Or was it John Hamill. (Boston Globe)
Clay Felker; New York editor defined the New Journalism Jul 2, 2008
In the early years of New York magazine, Mr. Felker assembled a staff of writers that included Wolfe, Gloria Steinem, Nora Ephron, Richard Reeves, Pete Hamill, Jack Newfield, Aaron Latham, Mimi Sheraton, and Gail Sheehy, who became Mr. Felker's third wife. He exhorted them to write in distinctively personal voices as they explored city's trends, horrors, and delights. (Boston Globe)
New on DVD: '4 Months,' 'Ringside Rivalries' and 'Mandingo' Jun 13, 2008
Back story: A rotating team of crack analysts, including stalwarts Pete Hamill and Bert Sugar (his trademark fedora/cigar combo intact), analyzes indelible sports history. Also: a chance to see classic middleweight Carmen Basilio in a suit. (USA Today -- Life)
"SONG OF BROOKLYN" Jun 1, 2008
Its lyrics are the oral testimony of some 100 proud, aggressive, known and unknown, past and present Brooklynites - Mel Brooks, Neil Sedaka, Spike Lee, Pete Hamill, Stephon Marbury, Ben Vereen and many others. The book opens with the iconic neighborhood of Coney Island. (New York Post -- Opinions)
When the Left Was Right May 24, 2008
One of the few journalists who heard Wallace in 68 was Pete Hamill, who wrote in the New Left monthly Ramparts that Wallace and the black and radical militants ... As his aides told Pete Hamill about Vietnam, The hell with it. (The American Conservative)
Library hosts art show reception March 27 Mar 22, 2008
The next meeting of the Daytime Book Discussion Group will be Tuesday, April 15 at 1:30 p.m. The selection for the month is North River by Pete Hamill. A starred review in Booklist states: Famous New York City writer Hamill is as closely identified with his native city as the Empire State Building or the Bowery. (Holbrook Sun, MA)
The Legacy of Yankee Stadium Mar 22, 2008
After Frank Sinatra's death, famed author and journalist Pete Hamill examined the singer's legacy in a wonderful book titled, Why Sinatra Matters. So, with Yankee Stadium about to give way to a new version after more than eighty years, we borrow from Mr. Hamill and pose the question, "Why does Yankee Stadium matter?". (WNBC.com, NY)
TOP OF THE MORNIN' TO YA Mar 17, 2008
TOP OF THE MORNIN' TO YA - New York Post. McCourt and Frank McCourt, talked to me about the. (New York Post -- Gossip)
'WestportREADS' travels to Oz Feb 15, 2008
WestportREADS selections in the past have included "The Giver," by Lois Lowry, "Snow in August" by Pete Hamill, "When the Emperor was Divine" by Julie Otsuka, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon and "The Soloist" by Mark Salzman. WestportREADS is funded by Jerry A. Tishman and furthers the mission "Strengthening the community through the shared experience of a book." All programs are free and open to the public. (Westport Minuteman, CT)
Globe's Ellen Goodman wins achievement award Feb 5, 2008
The society's Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award is named after war correspondent Ernie Pyle, who was killed in World War II. Past recipients include Clarence Page, Art Buchwald, and Pete Hamill. Goodman graduated from Radcliffe in 1963 and began her journalism career as a researcher for Newsweek magazine. (Boston Globe)
So you want to be a columnist? Jan 9, 2008
Standring's e-mails also tout her new book, "The Art of Column Writing: Insider Secrets from Art Buchwald, Dave Barry, Arianna Huffington, Pete Hamill, and other great columnists." "Want to be a Columnist?" the back cover asks. "This book is for you!". (Boston Globe)
The other Sinatra: Generous, giving, gracious Dec 23, 2007
Confirming Simon's findings, Pete Hamill, author of the essential "Why Sinatra Matters" wrote: "He was wonderful with children, including my two daughters. He was funny. He was vulnerable. I never saw the snarling bully of the legend ... (he was) an intelligent man, a reader of books, a lover of painting and classical music and sports, gallant with women, graceful with men.". If you don't believe either Simon or Hamill, then I hope you will trust me on the subject of Sinatra. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
What's Up Sep 15, 2007
THIS LITTLE LIGHT: Tour Manhattans only remaining lighthouse - the star of Hildegarde Swifts book The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge - at The Little Red Light-house (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Does this story sound familiar? Aug 31, 2007
Pete Hamill's book "Forever" about an immortal Manhattanite ... NEW YORK (AP) -- Pete Hamill thought he'd seen it all. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Small details make the story flow in 'North River' Aug 16, 2007
Pete Hamill sets his novel "North River" in 1934 ... In his articles and memoirs, journalist Pete Hamill's writing is vivid and vigorous, and his love for New York City almost palpable. (Boston Globe)
'River' runs through a bygone New York Jul 24, 2007
North River By Pete Hamill Little, Brown, 341 pp ... By Jocelyn McClurg, USA TODAY Once again, Pete Hamill is in a New York state of mind ... Pete Hamill: Sentimentality and the city. (USA Today -- Life)
Moore's polemic appeals to our anxious desire for certainty Jul 12, 2007
Writer Pete Hamill has described the American investigative journalist's task this way: "to note the difference between what the United States promised and what the United States delivered." Moore, for better or worse, takes note. E-mail Steven Winn at. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Details important in New York tale Jul 10, 2007
Pete Hamill's `North River' spins an offbeat love story set against the Depression ... Bebeto Matthews / AP Pete Hamill's latest novel, 'North River,' treats the Greenwich Village setting as one of the characters ... NEW YORK - In the midst of writing his best-selling memoir, Pete Hamill reached out to siblings Tom and Kathleen, hoping for the answer to a lingering question from their Brooklyn childhood: In the local candy store, Foppiano's, what exactly was in the racks between the Life Savers... (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
neighborhood markets, dusty bookstores, and small cafes Jul 8, 2007
" Gelenter, who lives several months a year in Paris, provides his Web site members -- for a $40 fee -- with a "Paris Survival Kit" that includes unique hotel and restaurant recommendations (with discounts to members) and an Access Guide to Paris. He organizes book readings in San Francisco and Paris with authors such as Peter Mayle ("A Year in Provence,") Diane Johnson ("Le Divorce"), New Yorker writer Pete Hamill and others. He'll even arrange to meet with you at any number of Paris hangouts... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Pete Hamill's new look at old Manhattan Jun 25, 2007
NEW YORK - In the midst of writing his best-selling memoir, Pete Hamill reached out to siblings Tom and Kathleen, hoping for the answer to a lingering question from their Brooklyn childhood: In the local candy store, Foppiano's, what exactly was in the racks between the Life Savers and the Hershey Bars. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo News)
Marked men (and women) Jun 11, 2007
"North River," by Pete Hamill (Little, Brown). Pick of the week David Quammen, science writer and the author of "The Reluctant Mr. Darwin" and "Monster of God," recommends "Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936," by David Clay Large (Norton), as "a guilty pleasure with scholarly gravitas. It is a deeply researched and deftly written history that combines sportswriting, expert knowledge of the Third Reich, some damning revelations about the International Olympic Committee, and a wonderful, wry,... (Boston Globe)
Q&A Pete Hamill Jun 11, 2007
NEW YORK CITY has been Pete Hamill's beat for decades, and not a few of its residents are aware of that ... But the line I have in my head is that Pete Hamill is a New York story. (Boston Globe)
At book convention, right-wing publishers worry about future Jun 4, 2007
BookExpo reminds you of how the new becomes old, like watching Pete Hamill promote his new book, The Gift, while a few aisles away, at the Remainders section of the convention, a previous Hamill book, Downtown, was being sold for $3. Such an incomprehensible number of books, and such a limited public attention span, would make the average industry turn in rage on itself. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Crime fiction with an Irish brogue Mar 5, 2007
Starting in late 2004, co-founders Charles Ardai and Max Phillips started assembling their ever-expanding catalog from a combination of vintage reissues (Lawrence Block, Wade Miller, Day Keene) and original novels (Domenic Stansberry, Stephen King, Pete Hamill, as well as Ardai and Phillips themselves). They have not only unearthed forgotten and fresh genre gems, but also have successfully branded Hard Case Crime as an essential part of contemporary pop culture. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Dexter slugs it out, lives to get anthology Feb 26, 2007
According to Pete Hamill in the foreword of "Paper Trails," an anthology of Dexter's career as a newspaper columnist and magazine writer, instead of waiting for a knock on his door, Dexter tracked down the brother at the Philadelphia bar where he worked. Dexter's hands remained intact, unfortunately at the expense of his upper teeth, half of which he lost when they ended up on the wrong end of a beer bottle, one of many wielded by a crowd in the bar. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Hard Case books pix Feb 7, 2007
The imprint, a venture of Winterfall, includes novels by Stephen King, Mickey Spillane, Ed McBain, Pete Hamill and Donald E. Westlake, as well as pulp era authors such as Cornell Woolrich, David Dodge and George Axelrod. Besides "Rome," Papazian-Hirsch's credits include "Nash Bridges," "The Invaders," "Hart to Hart" telepics, "The Day After," "Crazy From the Heart" and "The Betty Ford Story.". (Variety)
