Posted by Nick Curley Scrolling lists with eye-popping headlines are the mango-on-the-stick of the fruit vending cart that is literary journalism. “T.S. Eliot’s Ten Girthiest Erections”. “Grad Programs in Order of Proximity to Good Burritos”. “Super Starred: The Coolest Footnotes of All Time”. And those are just the freebies that I’m firing off at will! Pop culture countdowns are notorious among bloggers for their ability to rack up that handful of extra Web 2.0 followers that will pull us all […]
Rose Peddles – The Best of Charlie Rose Interviewing Authors: Slavoj Žižek
Posted by Nick Curley Case File: Slavoj Zizek Air Date: October 26th, 2011 Botanica (Summary): In his first appearance on the show, Zizek – Slovenia’s hottest Lacanian philosopher – praises PBS from right outta the gate, while sporting the look and gesticulations of a Muppet born of the Children’s Television Workshop. This meeting of the minds came last week in the midst of Zizek’s brief but storied tour of our fair city, which included transcribed speeches at St. Mark’s Bookshop […]
Nerd Porn: Alvin Lustig’s New Directions design
Posted by Margarita Korol If you are a person of the Nerd Porn persuasion, then you are surely familiar with the work, if not the name of Alvin Lustig. His holistic graphic design graced the titles of New Directions publications in the 50s and supplied the iconic modernist look that sums up the decadence your mind is yet to consume in the pages within. New Directions Publishing, the folks that introduced Delmore Schwartz and brought back The Great Gatsby (among […]
Nerd Porn: Sleeping with Pynchon
Posted by Margarita Korol Consider yourself Pierce Inverarity: Thomas Pynchon’s late real estate tycoon who would jump on this juicy opportunity to own prime digs. According to the LA Times (and trumpeted our way by the official Tumblr for Writers’ Houses), “A Manhattan Beach duplex said to be the former home of author Thomas Pynchon is accepting back-up offers.” Can you imagine the kinds of postmodern nerd porn fantasies you could realize in that pad?