Monthly Archives: March 2010
Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, Brooklyn Good Beards, and Good Times
“Allen Ginsberg and Walt Whitman have more in common than impressive beards.” So says this write up in The Brooklyn Paper discussing the upcoming Whitman & Beats Conference taking place in Brooklyn March 27th.
Filed under Lit.
Happening: Black Tambourine Listening Party
There is no such thing as a bad time to listen to Black Tambourine in a room full of booze with the chance of winning free records. And just in case you are unaware of what I’m talking about: Though … Continue reading
Herta Mueller in the Woods
“So nobody could listen, we always went to the forest and proofread there,” she told the crowd. She would subsequently smuggle her books out of the country to publish them, uncensored, in Germany.” Nobel Prize winner, Herta Mueller, describing the … Continue reading
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Alice in Wonderland and Wimpy Kid Both Suck, but Make Millions
American cinema sinks into the mud faster and faster every week: Alice in Wonderland took $34.5 at the box office and Diary of a Wimpy Kid took $21.8 (Via Galley Cat)
Westerberg on Chilton
It was some years back, the last time I saw Alex Chilton. We miraculously bumped into each other one autumn evening in New York, he in a Memphis Minnie T-shirt, with take-out Thai, en route to his hotel. He invited … Continue reading
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Love Your Cover Melissa Broder
Melissa Broder’s collection of poetry, When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother is reviewed at Bomb. Not to devalue the work of Ms. Broder, but I’d honestly buy this book simply for the cover.
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Fiction Returns to The Atlantic
Over at The Faster Times, Lincoln Michel reports the good news: The Atlantic has a long history of publishing high quality fiction dating all the way back to its launch in 1857. It wasn’t so long ago that it was … Continue reading
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Kindle at the Passover Seder?
Ah Passover. You aren’t as depressing as Yom Kippur, and certainly aren’t as fun as the drunken celebration of Purim. No Passover, you get the distinction of being the most boring of the Jewish holidays. At least you’re keep up … Continue reading
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Mr. Met “Fucking Pissed” His Bobblehead is not Included in Yale Waste of Money
“The oldest item in Yale Law School’s rare book collection is a 1,000-year-old fragment of a medieval manuscript bound inside an Italian guidebook for notaries. The newest is a bobblehead doll depicting William H. Rehnquist, 16th chief justice of the … Continue reading
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