Monthly Archives: November 2010
Favorite Part About not Being at the National Book Awards: Edward Champion Tweeting About Tom Wolfe
And our 2010 award for “Sorry Dude, but it’s Better You than Me” goes to Edward Champion for his having to sit through the old insanity that is Tom Wolfe.
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Reviewed: Hint Fiction, Edited by Robert Swartwood
Review by Tobias Carroll Hint Fiction: An anthology of stories in 25 words or fewer Robert Swartwood, editor W.W. Norton, 188 p. The first thirty pages of the Robert Swartwood-edited collection Hint Fiction consist of an essay by its editor … Continue reading
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Knowing Somebody in a Salman Rushdie Promo
Posted by Jason Diamond Look, it’s Franz Nicolay playing a mustached bad guy in this promo for Salman Rushdie’s new book, Luka and the Fire of Life.
George Saunders and Deb Olin Unferth on MFAs
Posted by Juliet Linderman If you haven’t yet seen this piece over at the Faster Times, you should definitely take a peek. Chloe Cooper Jones chats with her former MFA professor Deb Olin-Unferth and DOU’s former MFA professor George Saunders … Continue reading
Dick Watching: Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish? Will He Perish?
Hey there Dicksters, and welcome to this week’s Dick Watching. You might notice that it is, unfortunately, NOT Friday. It’s true: we’ve re-arranged things here at Vol. 1, so instead of a week-ender, you can look forward to your favorite … Continue reading
“It Takes Two to Make an Accident”: Notes on “Great Gatsby” Adaptations Past and Future
Posted by Nick Curley On their site, New York magazine asks: “Should They Even Be Making Another Great Gatsby Movie?” Which given the book’s adaptation track record seems not unlike asking, “Are Venereal Diseases Necessary?” That said, their comments-section-call-to-arms does … Continue reading
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Tonight: André Schiffrin and Keith Gessen Talk About the Death of Print
Join André Schiffrin in conversation with Keith Gessen on Schiffrin’s career in publishing, the death of the bookstore (and possible solutions), and pressure created by conglomerates. Schiffrin, who has been at the forefront of publishing for over forty years, will … Continue reading
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Echoing: More on Foer’s Mash-Up Novel “Tree of Codes”
Posted by Nick Curley Unlike your nightly news, we’re follow-uppers: we follow up. Here now, the double whammy in a one-two punch of a story we first brought you this past Friday. Over at The Huffington Theorum, Park Slope resident … Continue reading
What Would George Plimpton Do (WWGPD?): The Paris Review do Prince
Posted by Jason Diamond In my heart of hearts I hope that when Lorin Stein handed in his outline of things he wanted to do as editor of The Paris Review, in big purple letters it said “put up piece … Continue reading
First Impressions: Edan Lepucki’s If You’re Not Yet Like Me
Posted by Tobias Carroll On assorted trains running below the ground of Brooklyn, I read Edan Lepucki’s fine novella If You’re Not Yet Like Me. Over the course of its seventy-odd pages, it charts the course of the relationship of … Continue reading
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