Forethoughts: True Stories: A Century of Literary Journalism by Norman Sims

Although I've loved literary nonfiction for quite some time now I've never featured it much on RobAroundBooks. That is until now, with the relaunch of RobAroundBooks, where literary nonfiction finally gains a deserved position as one of the main … [Read more...]

Norman Sims on Joseph Mitchell

It's not every day that a very special visitor decides to drop by RobAroundBooks (not that I'm saying that everyone who visits RobAroundBooks isn't very special), but this past weekend was a little more than memorable because Norman Sims, author of … [Read more...]

Daily Bookshot: The Definitive Word on Literary Journalism?

The Definitive Word on Literary Journalism?, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. As I read more and more articles by my already all-time favourite journalist Joseph Mitchell, I get more and more interested in the whole development of the … [Read more...]