Tom Payne is interviewed in Publishers Weekly. Click to read “The Fame Monster” In the same issue, Fame gets a rave review: “Erudite and vastly entertaining… A charming, contrarian, and very witty look at how our stargazing can be ‘something that bonds us, and which expresses something about how our civilization works.’” And, if you missed [...]
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Want a Fame galley before it goes on sale October 26th? Like Popcropolis on Facebook and post a comment on the wall — first 15 will get one!* Praise for Fame: “Accounts of celebrities are usually either sneering or gushing––or both simultaneously, those attitudes being two sides of the same coin. Tom Payne’s wonderfully witty [...]
Ever since the episode with the meat, I’ve been leafing through the papers, and thinking that if there’s not a picture of Lady Gaga immediately to hand, then something’s wrong. Perhaps, for a moment, there’s been a lull in the debate about whether or not she’s a feminist icon, or maybe something else world-changing has [...]
I think the ancients would have been kinder about a fellow who takes his name from a part of his body. (Literature students should note that for “The Situation” to share his sobriquet with his pecs and abs is a useful example of synecdoche, and gives you a chance to mention Jersey Shore in your [...]
