This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1997.
Events
February 20 –
Allen Ginsberg makes a final public appearance at the
NYU Poetry Slam.[1] He continues to write through his final illness, his last poem being "Things I'll Not Do (Nostalgias)" written on March 30.[2]
Tom Clancy signs a deal with Pearson Custom Publishing and
Penguin Putnam Inc. giving him US $50 million for the world English rights to two new books. A second agreement pays another $25 million for a four-year book/multimedia deal, and a third, with
Berkley Books for 24 paperbacks to tie in with an
ABC television miniseries for $22 million.
^Owens, Irene (January 2003).
"Reason, Joseph Henry". In Donald G. Davis (ed.). Dictionary of American Library Biography: Second supplement. Libraries Unlimited. pp. 182–186.
ISBN978-1-56308-868-1.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1997.
Events
February 20 –
Allen Ginsberg makes a final public appearance at the
NYU Poetry Slam.[1] He continues to write through his final illness, his last poem being "Things I'll Not Do (Nostalgias)" written on March 30.[2]
Tom Clancy signs a deal with Pearson Custom Publishing and
Penguin Putnam Inc. giving him US $50 million for the world English rights to two new books. A second agreement pays another $25 million for a four-year book/multimedia deal, and a third, with
Berkley Books for 24 paperbacks to tie in with an
ABC television miniseries for $22 million.
^Owens, Irene (January 2003).
"Reason, Joseph Henry". In Donald G. Davis (ed.). Dictionary of American Library Biography: Second supplement. Libraries Unlimited. pp. 182–186.
ISBN978-1-56308-868-1.