Morning Bites: John Jeremiah Sullivan fever, Ben Marcus on Other People, Tinseltown rare book nerds, and more

The Los Angeles Review of Books talks about John Jeremiah Sullivan’s Pulphead, and then has a conversation with the author. If you can’t get enough of Mr. Sullivan (like we can’t), he wrote about Ireland for the New York Times Magazine. Rare book collectors of the Hollywood elite. The Other People podcast talks to Ben Marcus. If you like Portlandia, you’ll just love Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine. On Henry Rollins. Stories about beer and the environment are always important. Follow […]

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Literary Ephemera: Modernist lit. journals from the early 20th Century

Posted by Jason Diamond Today we learned (via The Morning News) that Brown University and The University of Tulsa have teamed up to digitize a bunch of early 20th Century literary magazines, and believe it’s safe to say that The Modernist Journals Project is possibly the best thing we’ve seen all week.  We look forward to reading “The Freewoman,” then following it up with “The New Freewoman.” Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.

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Morning Bites: Anti-Putin punk, Malick’s muse, On Englander, fantasy illustrators, and more

“They were dressed in summery short dresses and tights, but brightly colored balaclavas masked their faces. Dancing frantically to keep warm, they launched into a song that could be delicately titled “Putin Got Scared,” though the lyrics in Russian were ruder than that.” – Pussy Riot, our new favorite band on the planet, gets profiled by NPR. Gary Shteyngart, Douglas Rushkoff, and a bunch of other smart folks weigh in on Facebook $5 billion dollar IPO at Motherboard. At Tablet: Adam […]

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