@MayorEmanuel is our generations J.D. Salinger. Or something like that… 59 things you didn’t know about Virginia Woolf. Ira Glass on the art of storytelling. The Atlantic reviews of 30 Rock are pretty great, don’t ya think?
Bites: Mike Birbiglia in a Window, “Barney’s Version,” Justin Taylor Talks Porn and the End of the World
The Guardian talks about the book version of Barney’s Version by Mordecai Richler. Over at the Rumpus, Royal Young talks to Justin Taylor abut internet porn and the Mayan calendar being the end of the world. Three Guys One Book discuss Adam Ross. Mike Birbiglia will be living in the Herald Square Macy’s window for the next week. File this under “Only in New York.”
Bites: Adam Levin, Nabokov’s Butterflies, Emma Straub Reviewed and More
“Adam Levin’s The Instructions and the Cult of the Child” at The Millions. “I flipped back to page one, eager to fall back into this magnificent array of narratives. If that’s not love, I don’t know what is.” – Pank on Emma Straub’s Other People We Married. Nabokov’s butterflies. Taking a look at the “godfather of neoconservatism,” Irving Kristol. Jeff Mangum announces he is going to dust off all those old Neutral Milk Hotel songs, and the entire world gets […]
Bites: Virginia Woolf’s Birthday, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Jews Defending Céline
Virginia Woolf was born in London, 129 years ago today. (Image via Etsy) Great article on the comic book art of the great Alejandro Jodorowsky. Jews come to the rescue of Céline. Do things get awkward? Find out.
Bites: Honoring Céline, Melville’s Beards, Philosophical Novels and More
Should France honor Céline even though he was a Nazi supporter? Herman Melville used 25 different words to describe beards in two chapters of White Jacket, his 1850 novel based on his experience crewing on a US frigate in the South Seas for ten years. #TheMoreYouKnow The New York Times takes a look at the philosophical novel. An interview with Nick Flynn at The Rumpus.
Weekend Bites: Jarvis Cocker goes Moby-Dick, Miranda July’s new Film, Lethem on Rushkoff and More
Jarvis Cocker as Captain Ahab? Miranda July’s film, The Future, is getting positive reviews at Sundance. Scott Macaulay of Filmmaker Magazine “Loved” it. Jonathan Lethem’s Amazon review of Douglas Rushkoffs Life Inc. A video on Moleskine Debossing.
Dick Watching: The Log and Line
Posted by Juliet Linderman You know when you’re in the arctic hunting whales, or studying whales, or hanging out with whales, but you’re too nervous to wear a regular bright orange life vest because it might scare off the white whales you seek? Well you guys, worry no more! According to this article in the Wash Po, “Now, the whaling captain from the nation’s northernmost town of Barrow and other Eskimo whalers have begun to wear personal flotation devices, custom-made […]
Bites: David Lynch’s Birthday, Talking John Cheever, More MFA Discussion, and the Poe Toaster
Happy birthday Federico Fellini, David Lynch (above, obviously) and Leadbelly. Amy McDaniel talks about the pleasures of reading John Cheever over at HTMLGIANT. Josh Spilker weighs in on the writers needing an MFA topic that seems more popular than ever. At least Josh has the good sense to use a Beavis & Butthead image to accompany his thoughts. The Awl asks the question we’re all sort of worrying about before we have to get back to worrying about bigger things: […]