Monthly Archives: August 2011
Afternoon Bites: Graywolf profiled, cricket explained, festivals planned, and much more
Ray Bradbury turned 91 on Monday. Ray Bradbury has also inspired a tribute anthology entitled Live Forever, featuring Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Joe Meno, Harlan Ellison, and many more. Nick Harkaway explains cricket. In related news, we now know what a … Continue reading
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Morning Bites: Borges birthday bash, Sex with Stephen Malkmus, Frankin Park Reading Series, dirty fiction, and more
Today is the birth date of Jorge Luis Borges. The Argentinian writer was born in this day in 1899. Google has decided to celebrate his birthday by dedicating their logo to him. Penina Roth’s Franklin Park Reading Series is written … Continue reading
Afternoon Bites: Post-earthquake, everybody on David Foster Wallace, Dischord Records makes us smile, and more
Of course we’re okay from the earthquake. Thanks so much for asking. How are you? You may have already read Maud Newton’s much-discussed essay on David Foster Wallace, but if not… Edward Champion offers his response to the Newton piece … Continue reading
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Vol. 1 + Largehearted Boy Present: A Night Of Baseball Stories
From Whitman to Updike, it could be argued that baseball is the favorite sport of American writers. But if for some reason that isn’t the case, we will try our damnedest to prove it at WORD on September 14th when … Continue reading
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The Lord will give us a new Tom Waits album
Tom Waits’ new album ‘Bad As Me’ is out on October 25th! Holy crap are we excited. Continue reading
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Morning Bites: Keith Moon, Darin Strauss on faith, Bernard-Henri Lévy feeling good, and more
Today would have been the 65th birthday of Keith Moon. He was the greatest rock drummer ever. Period. Darin Strauss on faith at the Jewish Book Council blog. Tao Lin interviews Ben Lerner at The Believer. There is talk of … Continue reading
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Afternoon Bites: Proulx, Baker, The Rapture, and more
“…there’s a high order of sustained intelligence at work that knows how to defer the ultimate pleasures of literature until just the right time.” At Three Guys One Book, Dennis Haritou begins an extended look at Alan Hollinghurst’s The Stranger’s … Continue reading
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Archers of Loaf and the remastering of your generation
Posted by Jason Diamond The amount of albums from my formative years that have jumped back onto my most listened-to playlists is pretty staggering. I had made a promise to myself to ignore all the 90s are back hoopla – … Continue reading
Morning Bites: Dorothy Parker’s birthday, Rimbaud in The New Yorker, Gainsbourg’s man, and more
Dorothy Parker was born on this day in 1893. Daniel Mendelsohn on the brief career of Arthur Rimbaud in this week’s New Yorker. Silly times in Hitler’s Germany. Joann Sfar, director of the upcoming documentary Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, talks … Continue reading
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