Bites: Belle de Jour is Our New Favorite Hooker, Chabon in Boston, Literary Sausage, Coolio Cooks, Xiu Xiu, and More

Michael Chabon interviewed over at The Boston Globe. Lit. Move outta the way hooker with a heart of gold, Belle de Jour is the “new Pretty Woman” says The Rumpus.  (Book Deal, TV series, etc.) At The Millions, they discuss “literary sausage parties“. Jack and Jill in French. Oprah can’t take publishing with her. Black Friday ideas. Be one of the masses. You can “curl up” with these books says The Huffington Post. Coolio has a cookbook in case your […]

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Bites: Willy Loman Gets Some Respect, Gladwell Writes a Letter, Chomsky’s Eye, Beth Ditto as a Hero, Oprah Fucks Over the Book Industry, and More

“He’s not the finest character that ever lived. But he’s a human being”.  Actually Linda Loman, I think in regards to your husband, it’s the other way around. According to this list, your husband Willy stands alongside The Wandering Jew, Betty Boop, and Shylock as the 100 most influential people who never lived. Lit. Gore Vidal rips William F. Buckley.  No response from Buckley, because he’s dead. Leo Tolstoy is also dead.  Today is the anniversary of him dying. Malcolm […]

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