Monthly Archives: September 2011
Afternoon Bites: Kate Beaton, Jaimy Gordon, Craig Thompson, and more
On siblings, subtle connections between works, and relating to different characters at different ages: At Chapter 16, Susanna Felts interviews Jaimy Gordon about Lord of Misrule and the recently-reissued Bogeywoman. Michael Schaub on the work of Craig Thompson: “Habibi isn’t just Thompson’s … Continue reading
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On Literary Fiction and Radical Music
Posted by Tobias Carroll Last Sunday, a combination of topics and questions raised during two panels at the Brooklyn Book Festival got me thinking about one particular intersection of music and literature. This is more of a question (or a … Continue reading
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Morning Bites: Luddites, banned books, immodest Orthodox book, “hot authors,” Riot Grrrl, and more
Exploring the history of the Luddites, aka, what you call yourself because you don’t have an iPad. Banned Book Week? Try getting your ultra-Orthodox bookstore vandalized because you sell “immodest” books. Mark Twain gets unbanned for Banned Book Week. At … Continue reading
Afternoon Bites: Tom Piazza, Sarah Rose Etter, Household, and more
Sarah Rose Etter, whose collection Tongue Party is highly recommended, is profiled by the Philadelphia Weekly. If you’re a fan of the culture writings of Michaelangelo Matos, might we point you in the direction of his feature on The Rapture and his … Continue reading
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Quotable: Dave Eggers on R.E.M.
“for the first four albums, you couldn’t understand much of what Michael Stipe was saying.” – Dave Eggers discusses the iconic (and now broken up) R.E.M. at Salon. Dean Wareham, Mac McCaughan of Superchunk, and Bob Mould also share their … Continue reading
September 27th: Perfect Day Publishing & Vol 1 Brooklyn present…
Tuesday night we’re presenting a night of readings with our friends from Oregon, Perfect Day Publishing, at our favorite used bookstore in all of Williamsburg. Perfect Day Publishing & Vol 1 Brooklyn present: Lisa Wells [Yeah. No. Totally.] Deenah Vollmer … Continue reading
Nick Cave is 54 today
Posted by Jason Diamond There was this issue of Mojo from about ten years ago, where the magazine peeks into Nick Cave’s writing room to see what he has scattered around for inspiration. One of the things displayed was a … Continue reading
Morning Bites: Agatha Christie goes surfing, Frank Sinatra talking crosswords, last words, Museum Day, and more
Agatha Christie’s diaries, letters, and photos from her days spent surfing are to be released in a book. We’re hoping that a Masterpiece Theater mini-series based on the book will promptly follow. Frank Sinatra writes a letter to a former … Continue reading
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Afternoon Bites: Band Breakups, Donald Ray Pollock, Penguin paperbacks, and more
R.E.M. has called it a day. (This, as reactions go, is worth a read.) …and so has Ponytail. There’s a blog dedicated to vintage Penguin paperbacks. Dan Wickett looks at Donald Ray Pollock’s The Devil All the Time.
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Vauxhall and I
Posted by Jason Diamond History Today reviews a new book on the history of London’s famous Vauxhall Gardens, and it makes us want to go sip tea, and listen to The Kinks all day long.
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