Monthly Archives: March 2009
Where the Wild Things Are: A Forthcoming Filmic Rumpus (for All Ages)
Where the Wild Things Are is a children’s classic, and it should make an excellent film: Original author Maurice Sendak is directly involved, the screenplay is written by Dave Eggers (who always does his best to make lit fun), and … Continue reading
In France, Rebellion By Actually Reading National Classic
In America, we love to ban books. When something — violence, sex, devil worship, the “n” word, the list is endless — offends, someone out there is sure to attempt to keep others from being exposed to it. Consequently, in … Continue reading
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Extra, Extra! John Wray Writes to Music.
New York’s latest literary initiate and Vol. 1 alumnus John Wray, whose third novel Lowboy was published to critical acclaim last month, has provided the New York Times’ Paper Cuts with a playlist of seven songs that helped him write … Continue reading
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March Vol. 1 highlights
Thanks to everybody who came out on March 14th for another great Vol. 1 Brooklyn Story Series. Thanks to our friend Kristine R. Franklin for the photos. Our host, Dreidel Hustler of Heeb Magazine Tim Adams of The Teenage Prayers … Continue reading
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McSweeney’s Says: Party With the Pequod!
In a McSweeney’s internet feature, Nathaniel Misseldine outlines his not-just-another-pirate-party theme in which guests are taken aboard New England’s most infamous fictional whaling vessel, The Pequod, along with crew members Queequeg, Starbuck, and Ishmael. Ahab, of course, is also in … Continue reading
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Vol. 1 Brooklyn Story Series, March 2009
Saturday is going to be beautiful all day long, and then, as night approaches, the mercury will dip a bit — we suggest going over to Bar Matchless (577 Manhattan Ave. in Greenpoint, Brooklyn) for our monthly Vol. 1 reading … Continue reading
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The Year of the Short Story
I initially resisted Harper Perennial’s Fifty-Two Stories, a website on which a different piece of short fiction will be posted every week for a year because it is first and foremost a marketing tool. Since last week’s post, though, of … Continue reading
