Bites: Turdsworth, the man who makes Pekar tweet, The Twilight Sad, and more

Romantics get saucy!  Lord Byron referred to William Wordsworth as “Turdsworth” in a letter.  Now somebody can own that letter, and many others by the poet. Are we excited seeing trailers for the new Wes Anderson film, Fantastic Mr. Fox?  Yes we are. Lit. Jeff Newelt: The man, the myth, the dude who tweets for Harvey Pekar. Nick Cave: “An aspirant solipsist” Starbucks saved a life, but how was the book? After all this zombie talk, it was finally time […]

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Bites: Lord Byron knows what women want, (un)successful indie ventures, and Zoetrope in wine country

Hilarious found library books website Awful Library Books goes totally un-PC. Repeat after me: This is not funny, this is not funny, this is not funny. (…Yes, it’s hilarious.) Books bound in human skin? Literary cannibalism, or something. Critical Mass outlines the launch party for the summer issue of Zoetrope at the Francis Ford Coppola Wineries. “Lit mag launch, Sonoma Style.” Last week, Vol. 1 reviews the issue here, Brooklyn style. We’re still hearing buzz about Electric Literature, a new, […]

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