Weekend Bites: Drinking Like A Gent, Why Ain’t James Salter Popular, Talk Of The Nation, and More

Katie Roiphe wants to know why James Salter isn’t as popular as Roth or Updike. Renata Adler is profiled by the New York Observer. Gawker has posted H.L. Mencken’s “How to Drink Like a Gentleman.”  “I fear we have shipped up – a close shave.” – Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s final letter from his Antarctic camp. NPR says goodbye to “Talk of the Nation.” Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google +, our Tumblr, and sign up for our mailing list.

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Afternoon Bites: Lydia Millet Talks YA, Chickfactor’s Top 10, Cinematic James Salter, and More

Lydia Millet shares her favorite YA series. Christopher Higgs’s holiday gift guide at HTML Giant is pretty terrific. Lauren Cerand on James Salter’s Three. If you like smart pop music, Chickfactor has some top ten lists for you. Our own Jen Vafidis talks Jane Jacobs at Guernica. James Wood had some nice things to say about Joshua Cohen’s Four New Messages. The folks behind Rust Belt Chic talked to WKSU. (We’ll be hosting them at Public Assembly on January 3rd.) Follow Vol. 1 […]

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Afternoon Bites: James Salter At The Armory Show, David Cronenberg’s Pilot, Lauren Groff’s Writing Space

At The Paris Review, Jenny Hendrix looks at James Salter’s presence at the Armory Show. Lauren Groff discusses where she writes. People have been telling us fantastic things about her new book Arcadia, so hey… David Cronenberg is working on a pilot called Knifeman. In related news, we are incapable of seeing that and not hearing the old Batman theme song, but with “Knifeman” in place of “Batman.” Via Warren Ellis comes this post from Matt Webb about the notion of “product.” […]

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