Most of my memories of our birthday party last night are a drunken blur. I do remember wanting to thank everybody for coming out to what was a very special night. I also remember (I believe) Scott Lindenbaum (if I’m wrong, I’m sorry) making mention of Friedrich Nietzsche and his mustache is his review. For some reason, that stuck with me, and I found myself hungover at my desk, attempting to find any bit of inspiration I could, so I […]
“Where did all the Darias go?”
Marisa Meltzer (who is reading at our birthday party tonight)talks about my first true love over at the Paris Review blog.
Brooklyn Vegan Commenter, “Anonymous,” Gives Us New Tagline for Our Birthday
How Much Gary Shteyngart can You Take?
I like Gary Shteyngart and all, but he got the questions from Deborah Solomon AND the essay in the Book Review? At least he’s hilarious: The death of reading is a longstanding fear of futurists. Maybe we’re all wrong and there’s going to be a huge comeback in 10 years where all the kids are going to drop their iKindles and start reading like crazy. “Dude, did you read the latest Turgenev? It’s so sick. This dude is like all […]
Weekend Bites: Adam Langer, Non-Fiction Previews, Israeli Literature, Stupid Lists and More
LitKicks on Adam Langer’s new book, Thieves of Manhattan. The Second Pass non-fiction Fall preview parts one and two. The new era in Israeli literature. The New York Times talk about Mark Twain’s autobiography. The ten best caves in literature? Really?
Weekend Bites: Isaiah Berlin Poetry, Ben Greenman Speaks, Kevin Sampsell Reads, Respecting Lee Ranaldo, Imperial Bedrooms, and More
Isaiah Berlin inspires a poem. Ben Greenman interviewed. It’s gotta happen one of these day: The Catcher in the Rye film. An excerpt from the new Bret Easton Ellis book, Imperial Bedrooms. 5 things Kevin Sampsell has read recently. Dennis Cooper pays respect to Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. The battle of “Jet Boy, Jet Girl.” Pirates stealing iPad shipments.
Weekend Bites: Crappy Bret Easton Ellis, Chris Leo’s Back in Town, Stalking Eggers’ Stalker, Boob-Gate, and More
The crappy parts of a Bret Easton Ellis interview. Almost forgot about the Philosopher World Cup skit until 3:AM Magazine reminded me. Great write up about Chris Leo at Brooklyn the Borough. The always great Tracy Quan delivers an essay that deals with her “career shift from sex to letters“, in the summer issue of The Drawbridge. We asked: “Who the F*ck Hasn’t Stalked Dave Eggers?”, Codex wonders if Dave’s stalker is being stalked? Boob-gate: we all are getting stupider. […]
Intellectuals Choose the Chicago Blackhawks
I didn’t think that I’d read the best Stanley Cup preview at N+1, but I’m not really surprised either.