Roads to Somewhere: Gideon Lewis-Kraus’ “A Sense of Direction” Reviewed
A Sense of Direction by Gideon Lewis-Kraus Riverhead, 352 p. What makes Gideon Lewis-Kraus walk? That’s the central question of the young writer’s memoir, A Sense of Direction. You find yourself asking why the perpetually uprooted Lewis-Kraus finds himself globe trotting; what he’s looking for, and if he’s ever going to find it. Kraus is the type of soul that Henry David Thoreau would have enjoyed, a guy who is a savant in what the 19th century transcendentalist poet and […]
Morning Bites: BEA Parties, Updike’s Duds, Patti Smith, OWS Sues NYC, and More
Ernest Hemingway’s reporting for the Toronto Star. (Via The Rumpus) John Updike: great dresser. Have you had a chance to check out Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading? Will interviews with Patti Smith ever get old? The answer is a big NOPE. That obviously includes this interview between Smith and Melissa Giannini of Spin. EvilReads has your official BEA party guide (including the Bookrageous party we’re co-sponsoring along with some other fantastic folks). OWS sues NYC. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Tomorrow: Literary Upstart
Tomorrow at 7, the good folks at L Magazine are presenting the latest round of their great Literary Upstart competition at the brand new Wythe Hotel.
The Gatsby Preview: You Were Expecting Benny Goodman?
I think if you were expecting anything less than “No Church in the Wild” from the preview for Baz Luhrmann’s take on The Great Gatsby, then you probably didn’t get a little weepy when the church choir sang “When Doves Cry” in Romeo and Juliet.
Dave Hill’s Heavy Friends
We already gave Dave Hill the award for best book trailer of 2012, so there wasn’t much left to do for a followup other than to invite Dick Cavett and Malcolm Gladwell over to talk Tasteful Nudes. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
An Ian Svenonius Zine
One of the few rules I live by is that anything involving Ian Svenonius is going to be good. The guy has never been in a bad band and he dresses better than just about anybody on the planet.
“Yeah Right, You Yuppie Asshole”: What Inspires Field Notes
My New Year resolution was to stop buying Moleskines because I’m not a Rockefeller or Rothschild — I can’t afford to drop $22 bucks to scribble my chicken scratch notes onto paper.