Monthly Archives: April 2010
More Crap I Didn’t Know About Norman Mailer…
His son is named “John Buffalo.” J.B. has really good hair and is in Wall Street 2 – a movie I’m never going to see. I learned all this via an interview at Big Think.
Justin Taylor Remembers Florida Punk Rock/Grindcore
Over at the Annalemma blog: A: Did you listen to a lot of Hot Water Music at all? I actually didn’t. I know some of their stuff, and I’ve seen them play a few times, but I don’t think I … Continue reading
Why Jami Attenberg is Today’s Big Winner
Because in the intro to her interview with Teddy Wayne and David Goodwillie over at The Rumpus, she asks: “Goodwillie and Wayne – don’t they sound like they should be a super cop duo?” Yes Jami, they do.
Excerpt From Richmond Noir: “The Battle of Belle Isle” by Clay McLeod Chapman
To read the rest of “The Battle of Belle Isle,” along with other stories from Richmond Noir, please order a copy at Akashic. They dumped Benny by the river, wearing nothing but a green paper gown. Ambulance must’ve pulled over, … Continue reading
Smashing Warhol
Tonight at the Brooklyn Museum’s annual Brooklyn Ball, food artist/caterer Jennifer Rubell presents “Icons,” a “once-in-a-lifetime, participatory food journey through the Brooklyn Museum as inspired by some of the greatest icons of contemporary art.” A hybrid of “participatory performance art, … Continue reading
Filed under Art
How Samuel Beckett Rolls
New issue of Bookforum is great. One of the better reviews of Emily Gould’s book I’ve read; Van Gogh, Adam Thirlwell, Seymour Krim and Nathanael West make appearances. I gotta admit that I was sold on the cover of Mr. … Continue reading
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Sylvia & Ted: W.A.S.P.s in Love
Listen to Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath keeping up the facade.
Filed under Lit.
Anybody Else Sick of the Angry J.D. Salinger Picture?
The New Republic has a piece on Salinger’s letters at the Morgan. They use the photo in question. He writes of two “shitty literary kids” who ambushed him for the sake of a photograph: “The wonder is that I have … Continue reading
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ICP Give Luc Sante Award; Officially Our #1 Juggalo
Oh, that’s the International Center of Photography, not the brilliant minds that gave us the “Miracles.” Sorry Mr. Sante.
