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Morning Bites: Lots Of Ted Leo, John Jeremiah Sullivan Gets Rubbed, Franzen Hangs With DeLillo, and More
Mahalia Jackson was born on this day in 1911. “Even as e-books evolve and become more interesting to experience, physical books will endure. But they’ll need to work hard to earn a slot on the shelf.” Hyperallergic on “The Subconscious Landscape of the Printed Book.” Michelle Dean reports on Don DeLillo, Jonathan Franzen, and a bunch of dudes asking questions at the New York Public Library. John Jeremiah Sullivan gets a bunch of massages. Women who dressed up like men to fight […]
Sunday Stories: “A Fine Thing”
A Fine Thing by Katherine Carlson Try telling Victor he can’t do something he wants to do, I dare you. If there’s one thing that boy loves in this world, it’s a challenge. A lot of people underestimated him: his teachers, even his own father. Not me. I knew all along that my son would do something special, and I was right. Do you see that rock on the mantle? Victor got that for me. So what, right? It’s just […]
Virginia Woolf in Wayfarers
A few months ago, we posted a picture of a t-shirt with an image of Virginia Woolf in a pair of wayfarer sunglasses, and received a lot of comments and e-mails asking where the shirt was available for purchase.
Morning Bites: Virginia Woolf’s birthday, Occupy stories, a Colbert cocktail, Klosterman goes to Wikipedia, and more
Virginia Woolf was born on this day in 1882. And since yesterday was Edith Wharton’s birthday, the New York Times takes at great social climbers, and makes the Wharton-Downton Abbey connection. The Guardian on Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America. Electric Literature unveils the latest in their Single Sentence Animation series. Chuck Klosterman goes to Wikipedia for clues on tUnE-yArDs personality, then writes an article about her for Grantland. A Stephen Colbert cocktail. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr. Got tips for […]
Your favorite television characters as lit bloggers
Posted by Jason Diamond Pretty simple formula: your favorite television characters imagined as people who sit behind their laptops and blog about books.
Sunday Stories: “Divus Iulius”
Divus Iulius by Samuel Cooper He lost his father in October 1963. The next year, after being nominated chairman of Boch Industries, he broke an engagement to Lynda Bird Johnson, whose father coveted the alliance, alleging emotional abuse. Leaving his younger brother Raymond with the board’s ear, Julius retreated to a school friend’s London estate. President Johnson, publicly silent, secretly sought to destroy him. Initially sympathetic, the press began to call him a communist homosexual, adducing as evidence the “suggestive […]
Happy Death Day, F. Scott Fitzgerald
“The following day, as Scott ate a candy bar and made notes in his newly arrived Princeton Alumni Weekly, Ms. Graham saw him jump from his armchair, grab the mantelpiece, gasp, and fall to the floor. She ran to the manager of the building, Harry Culver, founder of Culver City. Upon entering the apartment and assisting Scott, he stated, “I’m afraid he’s dead.” Fitzgerald died of a massive heart attack. His body was removed to the Pierce Brothers Mortuary.”
Best Song/Video of Today: The Beets
It’s pretty safe to say that The Beets are one of my favorite bands around today, and I find it incredibly awesome that they are about to hit the road with Beach Fossils and Christmas Island. As a tribute to all of that, I’m posting this video, and also the tour dates so you can go check out what I’m talking about. 02/09 – New York, NY Cake Shop 02/10 – New Haven, CT Cafe Nine 02/11 – Boston, MA […]