Monthly Archives: December 2010

Dick Watching: Heads or Tails

Posted by Juliet Linderman Hey there Dicksters and welcome to everyone’s favorite oceanographically relevant link list. You guys ready to cast away? I thought so. Let’s go! 1.  First up, in absurdly-obvious-headline news we bring you this article, entitled “Dead … Continue reading

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George W. Bush is the new Tao Lin

Posted by Jason Diamond We’ve finally come to the point where a reputable literary magazine compares George W. Bush’s prose in Decision Points to Tao Lin’s.  Eliot Weinberger in the London Review of Books, linked the writings of the worst … Continue reading

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Bites: Chabon’s “Wrecked” Novel, Adam Wilson’s Forthcoming Novel, Art Books and More

At The Atlantic: Michael Chabon discusses his “wrecked” novel, Fountain City, which is partially seeing the light of day as part of McSweeney’s #36. At Galleycat: Adam Wilson finds a home for his debut novel, Flatscreen. At 3:AM Magazine: Part … Continue reading

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The Twitterati of 2010

Posted by Vol. 1 Editors Welcome to the 2010 Twitterati awards.  Please grab your gift bag on the way out.  The winners this year are:

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Bites: Post-Donald Barthelme, Loving Henry James, Leonard Cohen off the Road and More

At HTMLGIANT: We are living in post-Donald Barthelme times.  Get used to it. At Big Other: Learning to love Henry James. At The Millions: Leonard Cohen’s tour comes to an end.  No word if he will do a poetry tour … Continue reading

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Indexing: On Spark, Comyns, Judt, Buckley 2X, Steve Martin, y más!

Tobias Carroll When I was in the midst of my holiday shopping, I picked up a copy of Muriel Spark’s Not to Disturb at Brooklyn’s Greenlight Bookstore. I read (and was floored by) Spark’s Memento Mori earlier in the year; … Continue reading

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Today will be a Dennis Cooper Day

Posted by Jason Diamond I’m not sure how I found it, but I’m glad I did: the Dennis Cooper throw pillow. And From Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers to Toy Story 3 and Zachary German: this was the year in stuff … Continue reading

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Sunday Stories Skip Week

Due to the holidays, no new Sunday Stories will appear until January. Take a look at the stories so far, or submit one of your own.

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Infinite Jest as a Penguin Classic

(Via @mattbucher)

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The Year That Was: Hipster Books

Posted by Jason Diamond Everybody I know has been called a hipster at least once.  If you wear canvas shoes, you’re a hipster.  If you’re in your 20s, you’re a hipster.  If you live in Brooklyn, Chicago, Portland, Atlanta, Austin … Continue reading

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