Monthly Archives: April 2010
Today is Electric Literature Friday
1. Scott Lindenbaum of Electric Literature gave us a reading list. Currently reading: The Halfway House by Guillermo Rosales (translated by Anna Kushner) Some really good books: Jernigan by David Gates The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald Distant Star … Continue reading
Polestar Poetry Series Makes Dead/Headless Kurt Cobain Smile
Like Dave Hill, Melissa Broder is a genius; we should consider building a shelter for people like them for when 2012 hits and we’re all fucked. Her Polestar Poetry Series is back this weekend, featuring twelve poets each with a … Continue reading
Dave Hill Uncovers the Truth about the Aykroyd/Yeats Connection
Dave Hill might be the last genius left on the planet. See for yourself.
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Reading Playboy for “the Stories”
If you actually read Playboy for the fiction, Lincoln Michael has become your savior by listing the famous skin rag at the top of his literary magazine list he’s compiled over at The Faster Times.
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Ten Books for People Who Don’t Read Much
I’m willing to guess that some heavy research went into the list of “10 books people read on trains to look sophisticated” over Guyism.com.
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Michael Kimball Live on HTMLGiant
This Thursday April 29, at 9 PM Eastern, Michael Kimball, author of Dear Everybody and more, will read live here at HTMLGIANT from his home in Baltimore. Special guest appearance by Andy Devine, author of the newly released Words. Mark … Continue reading
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An Angry Young Man has Died
I’ve had a slight infatuation with the “Angry Young Men”/”Kitchen Sink” fiction from 1950′s England, so I was a bit bummed to read that Alan Sillitoe has passed on.
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Obsessed With Babel #5
Today, part 5 (of 10) of Grisha Freidin’s reasons for being “obsessed” with Isaac Babel: 5. Another Babel thread ran through my personal life. I married early to a young woman whose father, the sculptor Ilya Slonim, had known Babel … Continue reading
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