Monthly Archives: July 2010
I Find Jennifer Egan’s Eating Habits Really Interesting
It goes sort of like this: butter-and-honey sandwich > a California roll > a grande spicy-chicken burrito > Greek yogurt with honey and Pink Lady apples > the remains of pancakes and scrambled eggs > two fried eggs > cold … Continue reading
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Samar Farah Fitzgerald: You’re the Winner of the L Magazine Fiction Contest in My Mind
I like the people over at The L Magazine. They put out a fantastic little (literally, it’s tiny) free magazine, and do a good job with their annual fiction issue. But I gotta say, in my mind, the clear winner … Continue reading
John Cheever Hooked Molly Ringwald Up
In the thanks to “Getting the Pretty Back,” the long-deceased John Cheever makes a surprise appearance. “Not only for reminding us of the ‘salvation of prose,’ ” she writes, “but for inadvertently and fortuitously leading me to my husband through … Continue reading
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Jonathan Ames Wants to Feel Something “Real”
I’m gonna guess that Jonathan Ames has a lot more money than I do. I’m going to also guess that he has more money than about 85% of the readership of this blog. That is why I gotta ask if … Continue reading
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The Other Singer
It was Israel Joshua, a forceful and bold personality, who had been the trailblazer, preparing the way for the more passive and self-conscious Isaac. It was Israel Joshua who first broke with, more irrevocably than his brother, the Orthodox insularity … Continue reading
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I’m Going to Edit the “Best Heavy Metal Writing” Anthology if it’s the Last Thing I Do
I’m sick of all these “writer types” writing about metal. I’m going straight to the source and reading metal blogs from now on, and Illogical Contraption is in the running for my favorite simply based off the post, “INTERNET METAL … Continue reading
Shukert and Shteyngart Take to the Airwaves
Is there even such thing as air waves anymore (aside from the band)? If there are, Rachel Shukert and Gary Shteyngart are all over them, giving you more incentive to buy their great books. Rachel Shukert on East Village Radio … Continue reading
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Happy About the Tao Lin/Gawker Lovefest
I like Tao Lin and I like Gawker. So when the blog called the writer the single most irritating person they ever had to deal with, I felt torn. But that is all in the past, Tao has been published … Continue reading
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