Bites: Chekhov’s Sweet Birthday, Emma Straub a Hit, and Geoff Dyer in Utah

Today is the 15oth birthday of Anton Chekhov.  Also Anna Bronte, Benjamin Franklin, Al Capone, Muhammad Ali, Andy Kaufman, and a bunch of other people were born on January 17th. Emma Straub (and her upcoming book release on January 27th) gets a pop in the New York Post. Finally!  The best beards in literature and the best beards ever sported by writers.  Why did this take so long?  (Thanks 3:Am Magazine for the tip.) Geoff Dyer goes to Utah…and writes […]

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Went to: “On the Well-Tempered Sentence” at The Center for Fiction

Posted by Tobias Carroll The Center for Fiction, located on East 47th Street, is a modest eight-story building with a small bookstore in the front and event spaces, book collections, and writing rooms on ascending floors. I was there on this particular night to attend an event titled On the Well-Tempered Sentence, assembled by John Madera (the writer and critic behind, among other projects, Big Other). Madera hosted, providing lengthy introductions of each of the four panelists that also served […]

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Gary Lutz has a Great Writer Name. (And is a Pretty Damn Good Writer as Well)

Posted by Jason Diamond I’ve had the fourth installment of Agriculture Reader sitting on my desk at home for months, and sadly, since I don’t have A/C, I’ve been camping out at my girlfriends house, and neglecting to read it. I finally remembered to grab it, and as I read through it carefully, so not to damage the beautifully designed journal, I realized something I’ve been wanting to say for a while now: Gary Lutz in not only a fine […]

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Bites: Holiday Magick, Portland Reads, Gary Lutz, The Chicagoan, and More

Some magick for the holidays?  Jacket Copy talks about led guitar god Jimmy Page’s bookshelf, finds Crowley, talks about Genesis Breyer P-orridge. Then over at New York Press Maggie Serota talks about Dias Records and mentions Mr./Ms. Throbbing Gristle. The wheels of Dais Records were set in motion a few years ago in, of all places, Genesis P-Orridge’s basement. LIT. Portland writers picking their favorite books of 2009 at the blog Paper Fort. Where The Wild Things Are gingerbread house. […]

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