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Byliner Publishes 99 STORIES OF GOD (May 14, 2013)

A New Byliner Original, 99 STORIES OF GOD is Released (May 6, 2013)

Byliner Publishes HALF-LIFE REFLECTIONS FROM JERUSALEM ON A BROKEN NECK By Joshua Prager (Feb 25, 2013)

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Byliner Publishes 99 STORIES OF GOD
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2013

Byliner recently published Joy Williams's new fiction e-short, 99 Stories of God ($1.99), the first new book in a decade from the acclaimed author of State of Grace, Escapes, Taking Care, and Breaking and Entering. Williams has a one-of-a-kind gift for capturing both the absurdity and the darkness of everyday life, and in 99 Stories of God she takes on one of mankind's most confounding preoccupations: the Supreme Being. (more...)

A New Byliner Original, 99 STORIES OF GOD is Released
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2013

Byliner Publishes HALF-LIFE REFLECTIONS FROM JERUSALEM ON A BROKEN NECK By Joshua Prager
by BWW News Desk - Feb 25, 2013

In Half-Life: Reflections from Jerusalem on a Broken Neck ($3.99), released today by digital publisher Byliner, Joshua Prager delivers an often agonizing, frequently comic, and always soulful account of a young man's attempt to survive a near fatal injury and recover his formerly carefree existence, only to discover that it is gone forever. (more...)

Regional Opera Company of the Week: San Francisco Opera
by Scott Frost - Feb 14, 2013

The San Francisco Opera celebrates its 90th year since it was founded by Gaetano Merola in 1923. Currently the second largest opera company in North America, the San Francisco Opera has grown from one production presented for two weeks to 75 performances of ten different operas running from September to July. (more...)

The Rubin Museum Explores Illusion in 2013 BRAINWAVE Series, Opening Today
by BWW News Desk - Feb 06, 2013

The Rubin Museum will explore illusion and human perception in this year's edition of the popular Brainwave series of on-stage conversations between mind scientists and thinkers from diverse walks of life. Opening today, February 6, the series will include 20 on-stage conversations, 50 film screenings, and an interactive experience in which the museum will become a Memory Palace. While illusion is usually associated with vision, the series will engage audiences through all five senses to provide a comprehensive understanding of the subject. (more...)

The Rubin Museum to Explore Illusion in 2013 BRAINWAVE Series, Opening 2/6
by BWW News Desk - Jan 10, 2013

The Rubin Museum will explore illusion and human perception in this year's edition of the popular Brainwave series of on-stage conversations between mind scientists and thinkers from diverse walks of life. Opening on February 6, the series will include 20 on-stage conversations, 50 film screenings, and an interactive experience in which the museum will become a Memory Palace. While illusion is usually associated with vision, the series will engage audiences through all five senses to provide a comprehensive understanding of the subject. (more...)

Byliner Publishes Walter Kirn's MY MOTHER'S BIBLE
by BWW News Desk - Jan 08, 2013

"It's commonly said that if people understood the difficulties and heartbreaks of having children, they might not do it," writes Walter Kirn in MY MOTHER'S BIBLE($1.99), just released by Byliner, the acclaimed e-shorts publisher. "This seems to be true of God as well. Parenthood was not what he expected." (more...)

The Joffrey Ballet Announces February Events
by BWW News Desk - Jan 07, 2013

Just in time for Valentine's Day, The Joffrey Ballet heats up the winter season with a mixed repertory program of four sensual, romantic and playful ballets by master choreographers in "American Legends," presented in ten performances only at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, February 13 - 24, 2013. (more...)

The New York Times Partners with Byliner on a Series of Original E-Books
by BWW News Desk - Dec 13, 2012

The digital publishing startup Byliner announced today a collaboration with The New York Times for a series of co-produced e-shorts that play to the Times's longstanding reportorial strengths in culture, politics, sports, business, science, and health and feature some of its finest writers. (more...)

Sebastian Junger's New eBook A WORLD MADE OF BLOOD Now Available
by BWW News Desk - Dec 04, 2012

Sebastian Junger, arguably America's greatest chronicler of life lived at its extremes and the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm, War, and A Death in Belmont publishes a rare work of short fiction today with digital publisher Byliner, A WORLD MADE OF BLOOD ($1.99). (more...)

Alexandra Fuller Pens FALLING: THE STORY OF A MARRIAGE
by BWW News Desk - Nov 15, 2012

Fuller's new e-single, published today by Byliner, Falling: The Story of a Marriage($2.99) is a heartbreakingly honest tale of passion and loss. It speaks to wives, husbands, and anyone who has been deeply in love. (more...)

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL Writer James Ellroy Releases SHAKEDOWN
by BWW News Desk - Oct 04, 2012

Shakedown explodes the postwar America of June and Ward Cleaver, breathing randy new life into the man who whetted our national appetite for sex and scandal. Freddy's lack of scruples-and lack of morality-make today's gossip culture seem almost innocent. What's true and what's fiction? Ellroy's certainly not telling. (more...)

43*: When Gore Beat Bush--A Political Fable Now Available
by BWW News Desk - Sep 18, 2012

At 5:00 p.m. on September 11, 2001, an ashen-faced but composed President Al Gore stepped into the East Room of the White House to deliver a televised address to the nation. With him were former presidents Clinton and Bush, as well as Texas governor George W. Bush-flown to Washington from Dallas on a military jet, his first visit back to the capital after the close race that lost him the presidency just months before. (more...)

Atria Books Inks Two-Book Deal with Jamie McGuire's BEAUTIFUL DISASTER and WALKING DISASTER
by BWW News Desk - Sep 08, 2012

Atria Books has announced a two-book deal with bestselling self- published author Jamie McGuire. BEAUTIFUL DISASTER, the first book in the deal, will be released immediately as an Atria e-book with an Atria trade paperback edition available since August. (more...)

Operas EMILIE, FENG YI TING and More Set for 2012 Lincoln Center Festival, 7/5-8/5
by BWW News Desk - Aug 04, 2012

Opera, orchestral and pop music are on the menu at Lincoln Center Festival (July 5-August 5). Highlights include the New York premieres of two operas: Kaija Saariaho and Amin Maalouf's monodrama Émilie on July 19, 21 and 22 performed by soprano Elizabeth Futral and directed by Marianne Weems and inspired by the life of French mathematician Émilie du Chatelet; and Guo Wenjing's chamber opera, Feng Yi Ting on July 26, 27 and 28, based on an ancient story of a legendary beauty who was the central figure in a dangerous rivalry, directed by Atom Egoyan. July 20, 21 and 22 the Paris Opera Ballet will perform the U.S. premiere of Pina Bausch's dance/opera Orpheus and Eurydice to music by C.W. Gluck. On July 20, the Festival features a 70th birthday tribute to the late soul music icon Curtis Mayfield with a star line-up including Sinead O'Connor, Aloe Blacc and The Impressions. On July 11, John Adams leads the Juilliard Orchestra and London's Royal Academy of Music in concertin Avery Fisher Hall. Imogen Cooper is the piano soloist. (more...)

Lincoln Center Festival Set for July-August; Full Listings
by BWW News Desk - Aug 04, 2012

Nigel Redden, Director of Lincoln Center Festival, today announced the Festival's line-up, which runs from July 5 through August 5, 2012. Single tickets go on sale on April 2. Theater offerings include Mikhail Baryshnikov in Dmitry Krymov's staging of a new play, In Paris, as well as Sydney Theatre Company's acclaimed production of Uncle Vanya directed by Tamas Ascher and adapted by Andrew Upton. The stellar cast includes John Bell, Cate Blanchett, Hayley McElhinney, Richard Roxburgh, and Hugo Weaving. (more...)

Lincoln Center Festival Kicks Off Tonight, 7/5; Full Listings
by BWW Special Coverage - Jul 05, 2012

Nigel Redden, Director of Lincoln Center Festival, announced the Festival's line-up, which runs from tonight, July 5 through August 5, 2012. Theater offerings include Mikhail Baryshnikov in Dmitry Krymov's staging of a new play, In Paris, as well as Sydney Theatre Company's acclaimed production of Uncle Vanya directed by Tamas Ascher and adapted by Andrew Upton. The stellar cast includes John Bell, Cate Blanchett, Hayley McElhinney, Richard Roxburgh, and Hugo Weaving. (more...)

Operas EMILIE, FENG YI TING and More Set for 2012 Lincoln Center Festival, Now thru 8/5
by BWW News Desk - Jul 05, 2012

Opera, orchestral and pop music are on the menu at Lincoln Center Festival (today, July 5-August 5). Highlights include the New York premieres of two operas: Kaija Saariaho and Amin Maalouf's monodrama Émilie on July 19, 21 and 22 performed by soprano Elizabeth Futral and directed by Marianne Weems and inspired by the life of French mathematician Émilie du Chatelet; and Guo Wenjing's chamber opera, Feng Yi Ting on July 26, 27 and 28, based on an ancient story of a legendary beauty who was the central figure in a dangerous rivalry, directed by Atom Egoyan. July 20, 21 and 22 the Paris Opera Ballet will perform the U.S. premiere of Pina Bausch's dance/opera Orpheus and Eurydice to music by C.W. Gluck. On July 20, the Festival features a 70th birthday tribute to the late soul music icon Curtis Mayfield with a star line-up including Sinead O'Connor, Aloe Blacc and The Impressions. On July 11, John Adams leads the Juilliard Orchestra and London's Royal Academy of Music in concertin Avery Fisher Hall. Imogen Cooper is the piano soloist. (more...)

Operas EMILIE, FENG YI TING and More Set for 2012 Lincoln Center Festival, 7/5-8/5
by BWW News Desk - Jun 18, 2012

NOW PLAYING: Vintage Theatre Presents THE JOY LUCK CLUB - Thru 5/20
by Michael Mulhern - Apr 27, 2012

Between every mother and daughter there is a story that must be told. (more...)

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