Morning Bites: Cheney’s juicy bits, Tao Lin “hype,” Beach Boys, V-mail, and more

Did anybody else get a little sick from the words “Juicy Bits From Dick Cheney,” regardless of what context it’s in? Do books + soundtracks = The Future?  The Atlantic takes a look. 15 reasons why bookstores and libraries should work together brought to you by the fine folks at Lake Forest Book Store in Lake Forest, IL. A Los Angelesian’s guide to literary New York. Josh Spilker takes a look at Tao Lin’s “new novel hype” at Impose. Some […]

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Bites: Dick Cheney’s self-interrogation, Jack Kirby, agave as the nectar of the gods, John Darnielle on black metal

Who’s excited about the Dick Cheney memoirs? Anybody? Anybody? Awww come on, I heard there is an entire chapter dedicated to the time he waterboarded himself on accident. “Jack Kirby didn’t get to be an intellectual.” — Warren Ellis on the late Marvel Comics artist/writer/genius Jack Kirby I didn’t even realize that Lowbrow Reader was still around, and I won’t complain. Thanks HTMLGIANT I was seriously worried that John Darnielle had dropped off the face of the earth, but he […]

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