Friday, November 12, 2010

Peripatetic Penzler Moves Again, Now to Grove/Atlantic

Peripatetic Penzler Moves Again, Now to Grove/Atlantic

Otto Penzler, who has been publishing through Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the US for the past six years, is relaunching the Mysterious Press imprint with his newest publishing partner, Grove/Atlantic. Penzler reacquired the imprint's name from Hachette Book Group, having sold the original Mysterious Press to Warner Books in 1989.

That move parallels Penzler's relocation in the UK, where moved his line to Grove/Atlantic spin-off Atlantic Books, as part of the new Corvus division led by Anthony Cheetham, last November. (Cheetham has previously set up Penzler's line at his former company Quercus, after almost setting it up at Random UK's Century/Arrow.)

Aside from the connection already established at Atlantic Books in the UK, Grove/Atlantic publisher Morgan Entrekin says in the announcement "we have been publishing in this area for the last few years with success, most notably with Donna Leon. We are thrilled to start this partnership with Otto Penzler, who is recognized as one of the premier editors and publishers of mysteries and thrillers working today."

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My cousin Terry Butler who is, knows I'm not a sports fan. I guess he sent me these to cheer me up.

GREAT MOMENTS IN SPORTS TALK

Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann:
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like
Norman Einstein."

Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh :
"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."

Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach:
"You guys line up alphabetically by height.."
And, "You guys pair up in groups of three, and then line up in a
circle."

Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a
color photo of himself above his locker:
"That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my
clothes."

And, best of all:

Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former player:
"I asked him, 'Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?'
He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.'"

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ed, those came to me from Lonni Lees. She and her sister Arlette are without doubt the Deadliest Dames in Gary Lovisi's Hardboiled Magazine stable of writers.
Terry

Bill Carlin said...

Hi, Ed. When it comes to Scotland's main sport, Soccer, it often seems true that the average player's brains are in his feet. The UK satirical magazine "Private Eye" has been running a series of sports commentary gaffes for many years now. They're called "Colemanballs" after a famous BBC commentator. See below for an explanation and some quotes.
http://www.guy-sports.com/humor/sports/sports_colemanballs.htm