Monthly Archives: February 2010
Weekend Bites: Ploughshares in the 80′s, Tao’s Mixtape, Dust Jackets WTF?, Graydon’s Presidents, and More
Raymond Carver and other guest editors of Ploughshares from the 1980′s. Tao Lin makes a mixtape. Aleksandar Hemon: not a Jew. MobyLives ponders the point of dust jacket. Graydon Carter has a book out about American presidents. Who doesn’t think … Continue reading
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I Bet Michael Chabon is a Pretty Sweet Dad
I’m probably never going to read Manhood for Amateurs (sorry), but every time I read something Michael Chabon writes something about dads, being a dad, etc. I think to myself that he probably makes a pretty sweet parent. In comparing … Continue reading
Goethe for Nerds/Hornballs
A few weeks ago over at The Faster Times, Clancy Martin explained how the German writer would get you laid. But just in case you were still stuck at Point A, and looking for tips, Guerilla Geek Journals has “How … Continue reading
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Bites: The Coens Grit, Detesting Eggers, Dennis Cooper on Justin Taylor, Lit. Mystery Spots, and More
The Coen bros are closer to making True Grit a reality. From The Awl: “It’s safe to say that Eggers is currently the most detested man in American haute-literary circles.” Remember that time a bunch of people wanted to kill … Continue reading
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Elias Canetti: When Memoirs Mattered
Thanks to books like Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue, these have been dark days for the memoir. But seriously,they aren’t these totally evil wastes of pages just because Trig’s mommy wanted to show off the pictures of the wolves she shot … Continue reading
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John Grisham to Become Latest Douchebag to Write Kids Book
Joining the ranks of Madonna, Jay Leno, and Tori Spelling… If his success with young readers is anything like his achievement with adults, horsehair wigs for kids may soon be ousting Harry Potter merchandise from the shops. John Grisham, whose … Continue reading
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A Zachary German/Jamie Stewart Collaboration Would be Either be Really Epic or Really Sad
Two characters, Robert and Tom, discuss this band’s lead singer, Jamie Stewart, near the end of the novel. This has been one of my favorite songs for years; one time I thought a friend and I were going to start … Continue reading
Twain and Tesla: Tight Bros From Way Back When
Thanks to Maud Newton for teaching us about the bromance between Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla.
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