We were tipped off to this (but hardly surprised) via a Tweet from Jessica Hopper. It sort of gives credence to the theory that anything you can do, Luc Sante could just flash his bio to you and say “been there, done that shit.”
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 […]
Bites: John Updike rumors, best fiction so far, Billy Clinton still kicking, Leonard Cohen is gonna be alright, and more
A John Updike rumor over at Three Guys One Book Slate on L. Frank Baum, and the first American fairy tale. The Millions picks the “Best Fiction of the Millennium (so far)“ Ralph Nader wrote a novel Almost tis the season for Banned Book Week. Politics Nobody puts William Jefferson Clinton in the corner. Music Leonard Cohen is going to be alright. Jessica Hopper likes the English band Pens. I do too. A.V Club talks Monsters of Folk Misc. […]
Jessica Hopper gets cooler every day
I like the kind of mornings where I look at my Google Reader, and Jessica Hopper has a post on her blog titled, “Blur, Reunion, Blur”, and talks nothing about Blur, but makes mention of both John Belushi and Groucho Marx books. I’m excited about this, and I’m excited to remember that I wanted to search Youtube for Blur reunion videos, like the one above.
Bites: Harry Potter parties, they just can’t let old Jackie rest, Thomas Pynchon at the stroke of twelve, and more
So what if a certain boy wizard and his mates like to toss back a pint or two? I’m pretty sure I can name five other classic children stories that involve drinking, drug taking, and other unsuitable behavior. Don’t people have better things to kvetch about? The battle over Jack Kerouac’s estate is still going on. Maurice Sendak is totally into the film version of Where the Wild Things Are. Really. Jessica Hopper interviews Marissa Paternoster from the band Screaming […]
Bites: Sea monsters are the new zombies!?!?!, The Pope and the Pot, Robert Sullivan on Thoreau, Jessica Hopper interviewed, and more
Sea monsters are not the new zombies. Come on! The Pope digs the Potter Robert Sullivan wrote a new book about Thoreau, and The Rumpus talked to him about it Joan Hiller-Depper interviewed Jessica Hopper about her new book The Girls’ Guide to Rocking. All Songs Considered celebrates twenty years of Merge Records