Tonight: Our Bodies, Our Junk Fights Sam Lipsyte to the Death (in Our Heads)

Our Bodies, Our Junk, is pretty much the funniest book off the year.  Authored by The Association for the Betterment of Sex, aka a group of comedy writers with an incredibly sick comedy writing pedigree (Google the names of Mike Sacks, Scott Jacobson, Todd Levin, Ted Travelstead, and Jason Roeder.  See what comes up). Those guys will be up on stage tonight at Bob Powers, Jason Reich, and Scott Jacobson’s always fun (and funny) Steamboat series at Greenlight Bookstore. I […]

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Weekend Bites: Allen Ginsberg/Arthur Russell Record, Thomas Guinzberg, Joshua Cohen on Tao Lin,Todd Levin, and More

Arthur Russell recordings from 1977, featuring Allen Ginsberg, have been unearthed and will be released on Press Pop Gallery in October. At L Magazine: Thomas Guinzberg, 1926-2010 At Bookforum: Joshua Cohen reviews Tao Lin’s Richard Yates. At Splitsider: Todd Levin talks about his new book, Our Bodies, Our Junk. At MobyLives: The dudes putting on Brooklyn Book Festival. At Jacket Copy: George W. Bush AND Sarah Palin both have books coming out this Fall.  Are you as excited as we […]

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