Bites: Get Crazy About Nabokov, Zadie Smith, Tao Lin’s Stuff, John Irving is Worried, New Magnetic Fields, The Beets at a Museum, and More.

Let’s go crazy about Nabokov! On the Media talks to Ron Rosenbaum of Slate about his conflicted feelings over the publication of The Original of Laura. Aleksandar Hemon is sorta against Laura seeing the light of day. Nabokov specimen covers. Lit. Village Voice on Zadie Smith’s collection of essays, Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays. Tao Lin will sell you a bunch of his stuff for a really good price. John Irving is worried about me?  I was worried about John […]

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Bites: Nabokov, Pynchon likes weed and food, Deerhunter vs. Flaming Lips, and more

We are close (November 17th) to the release of Nabokov’s The Original of Laura.  Slate discuss on the only way to get a sneak preview. Lit. Wasafiri turns 25, and celebrate by listing the books that most shaped literature in the last quarter century. Lots of weed and food in Inherent Vice. Conversational Reading on John Hawkes Gigantic has an interview with Clancy Martin Indichik: “Vampires and Jane Austen“ Momus has a book out?  Seriously?  That sorta rules. Politics A […]

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